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Eiko Yamada

  • Born in 1957 in Tokyo/Japan
  • Studied music and music education in Yokohama and Berlin.
  • Study stay in Berlin from 1979 to 1981 as a scholarship holder of the Japanese Ministry of Culture
  • 1982-84 music teacher in Tokyo, collaboration and organization at Oto-Ongaku-Kodomo-no-Kai (Interdisciplinary Working Group for New Music and Music Education).
  • Lived in Germany since 1984
  • Co-founder of the improvisation ensemble Ex Tempore
    Numerous concerts and participation in international festivals at home and abroad in various formations with improvisation musicians and as a soloist (recorder).
  • Solo performances of classical piano works in Berlin and other German cities.
  • Foundation and organization (until 2004) of “Improvision”, a series of events for improvised music in Heidelberg
  • Publications of texts on creative music education and improvisation in Japanese specialist magazines.
  • Translation of improvisation literature (Lilli Friedemann, Peter Niklas Wilson) into Japanese