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AYA MASUI  

percussion/improvisation/art performance/sound art

Currently 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, 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) and more. At the same time, she is actively presenting her own solo works, and initiating experimental and collective projects with artists from diverse fields. She has been presenting 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, and sonic research collective Bósons Duo

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.

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