tamas III

for shamisen and Japanese percussion ensemble

tamas III

Pro Musica Nipponia 40th Program

tamas III was premiered by Pro Musica Nipponia on January 25, 2005

in occasion of their 40th anniversary celebration

Shamisen, Shika Kikai

This piece is the result of a meeting in which I had the pleasure

of sharing the same love for Beauty with a wonderful musician

like Hirokazu Sugiura. So, still and again, I assimilate myself to my subjectivity,

assimilating myself to it in an attempt to “see” through a more speculative method of thought.

In a constant motion toward or away from potential,

the tentative, the ephemeral…

first meeting, last meeting.

Dedicated to Hirokazu Sugiura • Tokyo, April 1998

grand master Kineya Gosakichi (Sugiura Hirokazu)