Tomoko Yazawa

JazzTokyo にAbsolute-MIX2022のライヴレポートが掲載されました（2023.1.1) 

Absolute-MIX 2022 Electro-Acoustic Quartetプログラムノートを公開しました(2022.11.16) 

プログラムにスコット・ジョンソン氏からのメッセージが追加されました！（2022.11.19) 

プログラムノート改訂版(日本語PDF）

Program notes from Scott Johnson, theme composer for 2022, are now available (2022.11.12) 

Program notes from Scott Johnson

Produced by Tomoko Yazawa, Absolute-MIX 2022 will focus on the music of Scott Johnson ( rock guitarist / classical music composer ).

S.Johnson created a sensation in the American music scene in the' 90s with his innovative electro-acoustic quartet incorporating voice sampling. These electro-acoustic work also culled the level of artistic integration that even his admirers could not have predicted.

Johnson was one of the few American composers to incorporate rock into the structure of classical music. A thoroughbred of pure classical contemporary music, Johnson, who describes himself as a "hybrid," has been working with rock sounds and classical instrumentation since the '80s, blending electro-acoustic in his works, most of which he himself premiered on electric guitar. Johnson was a pioneer of this approach, which has since become an important trend among younger composers.

He has also been commissioned to compose music by numerous artists, including the Kronos Quartet, which has been performed internationally.

An innovator who consciously pushes modern technology to its limits, Johnson is also a gifted craftsman of rhythm and texture, creating multi-layered masterpieces. Winner of numerous awards, including a Guggenheim Fellowship  and a Koussevitzky Prize.