Noriko Baba
Japanese composer born 2 February 1972 in Niigata, Japan.
Noriko Baba was born in Japan in 1972 and holds a masters in composition from the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music and studied composition, orchestration, acoustics, analysis, and ethnomusicology at the Paris Conservatory (CNSMDP), where she graduated with highest honors in composition and orchestration.
She participated in Cursus (the IRCAM’s composition and computer music course) and in Voix Nouvelles at the Fondation Royaumont. She has received many grants and fellowships, including from the Akiyoshidaï International Art Village, the Sacem, the Akademie Schloss Solitude in Stuttgart, and the Casa de Velazquez in Madrid. She won second prize in the NHK-Maïnichi Composition Competition, the Georges Wildenstein Prize of the Académie des Beaux-Arts of the Institut de France, the Gret International Composition Prize of the Takefu Festival. Her piece Pororoca, written for the Ensemble Intercontemporain, was filmed by Michel Follin and broadcast on ARTE.
Her works have been performed by artists and ensembles including 2e2m, Court-Circuit, Ascolta, l’Instant Donné, l’Orchestre Pasdeloup, l’Ensemble intercontemporain, Florian Hoelscher, Yusuke Kikuchi, Gavriel Lipkind, and Francesco Filidei.
After meeting Ryoko Aoki, one of the few actresses of Noh theatre, the composer began to reflect on this traditional art form, from which the pieces Oiseau à deux têtes (2012), AOI - Nôpéra (2015) and Hagoromo Suite (2017) emerged. She also has a passion for early music: she composed the pocket opera Occhi, un tempo mia vita (2018), inspired by the first madrigal book of the Roman composer Michelangelo Rossi (1601-1665) and a Doppio trio (2016).
In 2020-2021, she is a resident at the Villa Medici. In 2020, she is the patron of the Ensemble(s) festival where Shiosai - Tumulte des flots (2012) is performed and Au clair d’un croissant (2020) is premiered.
© Ircam-Centre Pompidou, 2008
Sources
Site de compositrice, France Musique
- Solo (excluding voice)
- Étude pour bisbigliando for solo alto saxophone (2000), 3 mn, Lemoine
- elec ircam Ircam cursus Oü for solo clarinet and electronics (2004), 10 mn [program note]
- Box and cox for organ and 2 assistants (2006), 5 mn, Inédit
- Harmonieux forgeron for solo piano (2006), 3 mn, Inédit
- Kalavinka for organ and 2 assistants (2007), 5 mn, BabelScores
- Sol-itude for solo cello (2007), 3 mn, BabelScores
- Ultrabaroque for solo viola da gamba (2008), 3 mn, Inédit
- Pas plus gros que le poing for organ (2010)
- Vom Himmel hoch da komm' ich her und Vier Zwischenspiele for organ (2012), 9 mn 30 s
- Five workouts for organist for organ (2017), 10 mn
- Étude pour claveciniste for harpsichord (2022), Jobert
- Étude pour pianiste for piano (2022), Jobert
- Chamber music
- Radiations visibles for quintet (1999), 11 mn, Inédit [program note]
- En haut et en bas for string quartet and harp (2001), 9 mn, Inédit
- Pseudoscope II for 6 instrumentalists (2006), 6 mn, Inédit
- Bonbori for flute, clarinet, guitar, viola and cello (2008), 10 mn, Jobert
- Moya for flute, clarinet, guitar, viola and cello (2008), 6 mn
- Halo for string quartet (2009-2010)
- elec Nest for violin, percussion, piano and video (2010), 3 mn
- Tamayura for guitar and cello (2010), 3 mn
- Non-canonic Variations for flute, clarinet, viola and cello (2011), 7 mn, Jobert
- Shiosai for trio with piano (2012), 8 mn 30 s, Jobert
- 9600 for string quartet (2014), 9 mn
- Doppio Trio for recorder, viola da gamba, harpsichord, flute, cello and piano (2016), 8 mn, BabelScores
- Sonatine for viola and piano (2016), 10 mn
- Menuet (projet pour enfants) for flute and clarinet (2018), 2 mn, Lemoine
- Occhi, un tempo mia vita for two cellos and clarinet (2018), 9 mn
- elec Nié for string quartet, piano and electronics (2019), 5 mn 30 s about , BabelScores
- Bestiarium musicale for clarinet, keyboard, guitar, violin, viola, cello (2022)
- Instrumental ensemble music
- La valse for 20 instruments (2001), 7 mn, Inédit
- Second souffle for 30 instruments (2002), 11 mn, BabelScores
- Pseudoscope III for ensemble (2006), 6 mn, Inédit
- Pseudoscope for ensemble (2007), 8 mn, Inédit
- Klartraum for orchestra (2010), BabelScores
- Au clair d'un croissant for large ensemble (2020), Jobert
- Concertant music
- Vocal music and instrument(s)
- Triplum pendulum for flute, percussion and voice (2004-2005), 10 mn, Inédit
- Oiseau à deux têtes for noh voice and two musicians (2012), 9 mn, BabelScores
- stage AOI -Nôpéra- for noh voice, two percussions, flute, clarinet, bassoon, violin, viola and cello (2015), 60 mn, BabelScores
- stage AOI -Nôpéra- version extraite for noh voice, flute and percussion (2015), 20 mn
- Hagoromo Suite for string quartet and Noh voice (2017), 10 mn, BabelScores
- Comptines for soprano, clarinet and piano (2018), 10 mn, BabelScores
- Au pavillon de (Monsieur) Porcelaine for soprano, violin, cello and piano (2019), 5 mn
- Ondes I for choir and organ (2022), 15 mn, Jobert
- A cappella vocal music
- GÔSHU for five voices (2013), 9 mn
- 2022
- Bestiarium musicale for clarinet, keyboard, guitar, violin, viola, cello
- Ondes I for choir and organ, 15 mn, Jobert
- Étude pour claveciniste for harpsichord, Jobert
- Étude pour pianiste for piano, Jobert
- 2020
- Au clair d'un croissant for large ensemble, Jobert
- 2019
- Au pavillon de (Monsieur) Porcelaine for soprano, violin, cello and piano, 5 mn
- elec Nié for string quartet, piano and electronics, 5 mn 30 s about , BabelScores
- 2018
- Comptines for soprano, clarinet and piano, 10 mn, BabelScores
- Menuet (projet pour enfants) for flute and clarinet, 2 mn, Lemoine
- Occhi, un tempo mia vita for two cellos and clarinet, 9 mn
- 2017
- Five workouts for organist for organ, 10 mn
- Hagoromo Suite for string quartet and Noh voice, 10 mn, BabelScores
- 2016
- Doppio Trio for recorder, viola da gamba, harpsichord, flute, cello and piano, 8 mn, BabelScores
- Sonatine for viola and piano, 10 mn
- 2015
- stage AOI -Nôpéra- for noh voice, two percussions, flute, clarinet, bassoon, violin, viola and cello, 60 mn, BabelScores
- stage AOI -Nôpéra- version extraite for noh voice, flute and percussion, 20 mn
- 2014
- 9600 for string quartet, 9 mn
- 2013
- GÔSHU for five voices, 9 mn
- 2012
- Oiseau à deux têtes for noh voice and two musicians, 9 mn, BabelScores
- Shiosai for trio with piano, 8 mn 30 s, Jobert
- Vom Himmel hoch da komm' ich her und Vier Zwischenspiele for organ, 9 mn 30 s
- 2011
- Non-canonic Variations for flute, clarinet, viola and cello, 7 mn, Jobert
- 2010
- Halo for string quartet
- Klartraum for orchestra, BabelScores
- elec Nest for violin, percussion, piano and video, 3 mn
- Pas plus gros que le poing for organ
- Tamayura for guitar and cello, 3 mn
- 2008
- Bonbori for flute, clarinet, guitar, viola and cello, 10 mn, Jobert
- Moya for flute, clarinet, guitar, viola and cello, 6 mn
- Ultrabaroque for solo viola da gamba, 3 mn, Inédit
- 2007
- Kalavinka for organ and 2 assistants, 5 mn, BabelScores
- Pseudoscope for ensemble, 8 mn, Inédit
- Sol-itude for solo cello, 3 mn, BabelScores
- 2006
- Box and cox for organ and 2 assistants, 5 mn, Inédit
- Harmonieux forgeron for solo piano, 3 mn, Inédit
- Pseudoscope II for 6 instrumentalists, 6 mn, Inédit
- Pseudoscope III for ensemble, 6 mn, Inédit
- 2005
- Shôjô for solo flute and orchestra, 6 mn, Inédit
- Triplum pendulum for flute, percussion and voice, 10 mn, Inédit
- 2004
- Mira for solo tuba and ensemble, 7 mn, Inédit
- elec ircam Ircam cursus Oü for solo clarinet and electronics, 10 mn [program note]
- 2002
- Second souffle for 30 instruments, 11 mn, BabelScores
- 2001
- En haut et en bas for string quartet and harp, 9 mn, Inédit
- La valse for 20 instruments, 7 mn, Inédit
- 2000
- Étude pour bisbigliando for solo alto saxophone, 3 mn, Lemoine
- 1999
- Radiations visibles for quintet, 11 mn, Inédit [program note]
Liens Internet
- Site de la compositrice : www.noriko.baba.online.fr
- Éditions Henry Lemoine : www.henry-lemoine.com
- BabelScores : www.babelscores.com
- SoundCloud : www.soundcloud.com
- Noriko Baba dans Le Portrait contemporain de Arnaud Merlin sur France Musique, 28 novembre 2018.
(liens vérifiés en septembre 2021).