Ensemble KOCHI, JAPAN

Ensemble KOCHI Channel
Named after the performance group "KOCHI Ensemble Klang-Malerei" founded mainly by Isao Matsushita (1951-2018) in 1893, Ensemble Kochi is a chamber orchestra reorganised by Matsushita with young composers and players in 1999.
With a wide repertoire ranging from classical to contemporary music, the ensemble has been active in introducing contemporary music from Japan and other Asian countries, while it has performed at regular concerts, "Kimamani Concert (Concert in Caprice) ", "Nagano Music Festival," and "Asian Music Week in Yokohama" in Japan, as well as overseas music festivals in Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Myanmar, and the Netherlands.
The ensemble also invited masters of Asian composer’s world such as Jose Maceda, Doming Lam, to hold concerts with them where both of them gave a high evaluation. In 2014, won the Best Performance Award at the "Asian Music Festival 2014".