Introduce Artist
Sumio Kobayashi
@sumiokobayashi
Sumio Kobayashi (小林純生 Kobayashi Sumio, born 29 December 1982 in Mie, Japan) is a Japanese composer of contemporary classical music. He won at the I.C.O.M.S. 29°Concorso Internazionale di Composizione, Gyeongsangnam-do Special Prize at Isang Yun Prize, was second place at the Toru Takemitsu Composition Award in 2013, was a finalist at Pablo Casals International Composition Competition in 2015 and won the International Composers' Competition of the European Capital of Culture Wrocław 2016.
Artwork
Femininity_lessthan10mb / ikebana5LQ / ikebana6LQ
Although my score may seem at first glance to be impossible to perform, it is made playable by a design that grants the performer the freedom to play the individual fragments without following a strict sequential order. The work also allows the pianist to freely select the total number of measures to perform, creating further space for personal expression and artistic interpretation. My music composition mirrors the approach I take in poetry, where I integrate computational methods to guide the structure, allowing creativity to emerge within a set framework. The approach challenges traditional score-reading styles by introducing an element of interaction with the notes on the screen, with zooming and swiping in place of linear score reading. Inspired by Franco Morettiʼs ideas, this approach encourages performers to explore multiple layers through movement and spatial discovery.