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Films by Kyoko Kitamura

Mini-documentary on Anthony Braxton’s Syntactical Ghost Trance Music—produced, written and narrated by Kyoko Kitamura. Premiered in 2023 at “ANTHONY BRAXTON: 50+ YEARS OF CREATIVE MUSIC” international conference in Darmstadt, Germany.

Scenes from Tri-Centric Archive, video by Kyoko Kitamura using Iphone 5.

Promotional video/animation for the track “hunt” from ok|ok’s debut album released by RKM Music. Produced by Kyoko Kitamura and Yohei Ito. Reel 13 Shorts WINNER. Music by ok|ok (Kyoko Kitamura, Mike Mcginnis, Khabu, Tony Moreno), directed/animated by PECKS (Yohei Ito & Shingo Igata).

Leader and co-leader albums

With Geometry (Tomeka Reid, Joe Morris, Taylor Ho Bynum, Kyoko Kitamura)

With Anthony Braxton

Others

 

With Yayoi Ikawa

Matthew Barney’s Secondary: Music and sound design by composer Jonathan Bepler; vocal Music developed and performed by Isabel Crespo Pardo, Jacquelyn Deshchidn, Jeffrey Gavett, Kyoko Kitamura, with Jonathan Bepler. Premiered in NYC May 2023.

Rachel Bernsen’s Novel Formats: A Dialogue (number one) with Rachel Bernsen (instigator/director/dancer), Ellen Ahern Smith (dancer), Tomeka Reid (cello), Kyoko Kitamura (voice, piano), Taylor Ho Bynum (cornet), Lindsay Packer (visual, light artist). February 9, 2024 at Junction Arts & Media (White River Junction, VT).

The Tri-Centric Vocal Ensemble performance on January 25th, 2019. Music by Anthony Braxton, directed by Kyoko Kitamura. With vocalists Roland Burks, Tomas Cruz, Lucy Dhegrae, Chris DiMeglio, Kristin Fung, Kyoko Kitamura, Adam Matlock, Anne Rhodes, Kamala Sankaram, Elizabeth Saunders.

Workshop on the Music of Anthony Braxton Nov.4, 2025 at Roulette with Kyoko Kitamura, Adam Matlock, Anne Rhodes.

Anthony Braxton’s opera Trillium J performed in April 2014 at Roulette. Blu-ray disk, audio CD and full personnel info available here: http://tricentricfoundation.org/all-releases/trillium-j-the-non-unconfessionables-composition-no-380

Mari Kimura and Tomoyuki Kato’s “ONE”, an interactive audio/graphic multi-lingual opera featuring the Cassatt Quartet and Kyoko Kitamura which premiered on June 30, 2013 at Michael SchimMel Center for the Arts in NYC.

Taylor Ho Bynum Ensemble Prince Project with Taylor Ho Bynum: cornet; Jim Hobbs: saxes; Kyoko Kitamura: voice, keyboard; Abraham Gomez-Delgado: voice, guitar, percussion; Evan Patrick: el. guitar; Nick Lloyd: keyboard; Stomu Takeishi: el. bass; Pheeroan akLaff: drums. Performed on February 17th, 2013 at Teatro Manzoni, Milan, Italy.

“Charlie Brown’s Wandering Eye” duo version. Kyoko Kitamura: composition and voice; Russ Lossing: piano. Performed on January 26th, 2011 at The Stone.