AYA MASUI
percussion/improvisation/art performance/sound art
She has been establishing her pathway in the area of new/experimental music and inter-/trans-disciplinary art scene, performing as a solo and guest percussionist with a number of ensembles and orchestras worldwide, such as Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra, Collegium Novum Zürich, Klangforum Wien, Eklekto Geneva, New Music Ensemble Katowice, Danubia Orchestra, Ensemble Montaigne, Dissolution Ensemble, Ensemble Helix and others, at Lucerne Festival, Luzerner Theatre, Schauspielhaus Zürich, Tonhalle Zürich, Stadtcasino Basel, Don Bosco Basel, Berliner Philharmonie, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Peter Eötvös Foundation (Budapest Music Center), NOSPR Katowice, Holland Festival (Royal Theatre Carré Amsterdam), Muziekgebouw Amsterdam, and more. She is also actively presenting her own works, and initiating experimental and collective projects with collaborators from diverse fields. She has been presenting/performing her works at Mullbau, Neubad Luzern, SoundArt Festival Dreilinden, Musée Visionnaire Zürich, Historisches Museum Baden, International Performance Art Giswil, Künstler Haus Boswil, and more.
Currently, she is active as a member of the electro-acoustic experimental trio nowhere, OK, sonic research collective Bósons Duo, and cross-disciplinary artistic duo REKORD.
Her artistic practice focuses on the perception of sound through both auditory and non-auditory senses, while incorporating research on body awareness and spatial/temporal perception. This approach manifests in various formats, including audiovisual work, body movement/gesture, sound installation, field recordings, (live) composition, among others.