Hoshiko Yamane
{{Short description|Japanese violinist}}
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Hoshiko Yamane (山根星子, Yamane Hoshiko; born 4 April 1981) is a Japanese violinist, composer and performer based in Berlin.{{citation|url=http://www.voices-in-the-net.de/__hy.htm|title=Voices In The Net on Hoshiko Yamane|work=Tangerine Dream collectors reference|first1=Michael|last1=Berling}} She has been a member of Tangerine Dream since 2011.
Biography
Born in Osaka, Yamane attended the University of Arts in Aichi. Her training destined her to be a violinist in classical music, but she extended her practice to modern music and later to pop music. She moved to Europe to further study in Berlin and Rostock, finally relocating in Berlin.
In 2009 she started an experimental contemporary dance and live music project, Tansik, with dancer Chizu Kimura. The group produced e.g. the plays "~ing"{{citation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170109022310/https://kikoeproject2012.jimdo.com/piece/ing/|archive-date=9 January 2017|url=https://kikoeproject2012.jimdo.com/piece/ing/|title=~ing / Tansik|work=Kikoe Project – Berlin|date=2012}} in 2012 and "Discord"{{citation|url=http://www.theaterhaus-berlin.com/single-post/2016/04/27/discord|title=Discord / Tansik – Ein Tanzstück|work=Theaterhaus – Berlin|date=3 June 2016|access-date=8 January 2017|archive-date=9 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170109021151/http://www.theaterhaus-berlin.com/single-post/2016/04/27/discord|url-status=dead}} in 2016.
In 2011 she joined the band Tangerine Dream.{{cite web|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/tangerine-dream-all-we-ask-is-that-fans-listen-with-open-minds|website=loudersound.com|title=Tangerine Dream: "All we ask is that fans listen with open minds"|author=Dome, Malcolm|date=1 August 2017}}
In 2013 she started a solo project, Tukico, with a debut performance at Madame Claude, Berlin, in 2014.{{citation|url=http://www.berlinartlink.com/2014/01/27/resonator-tukicohoshiko-yamanes-first-performance-madame-claude/|work=Berlin Art Link|first1=Graham|last1=Haught|title=SOUND: The Resonators Series // (Tukico) Hoshiko Yamane's Debut Performance at Madame Claude|date=27 January 2014|access-date=8 January 2017}} She pairs up with Jürgen Heidemann in KiSeki (木石), producing experimental music with the sound of wood (木, wood of a violin, played by Yamane) and stones (石, stones, played by Heidemann).{{citation|url=http://www.acud.de/event.php?event_id=3786&start=2014-07-02%2003:00:00&end=2015-07-02%2003:00:00|title=ACUD programme, Evolutive Dance Festival|date=4 July 2014|access-date=8 January 2017|archive-date=5 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505092217/http://www.acud.de/event.php?event_id=3786&start=2014-07-02%2003%3A00%3A00&end=2015-07-02%2003%3A00%3A00|url-status=dead}} ("Kiseki" is a pun on 奇跡 (kiseki) which means "miracle" in Japanese.) She often toured as a violinist with Jane Birkin and other Japanese musicians.{{cite news|last1=Price|first1=Simon|title=Simon Price on Jane Birkin: Jane reignites her flame for Serge|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/simon-price-on-jane-birkin-jane-reignites-her-flame-for-serge-gainsbourg-8478229.html|access-date=7 January 2017|work=The Independent|date=3 February 2013}} She composes and plays with the Berlin-based Motimaru Dance Company.{{citation|url=https://www.santoriniartsfactory.gr/en/program/226-twilight-2|title=Twilight / Motimaru Dance Company|date=2016|access-date=8 January 2017|archive-date=9 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170109021040/https://www.santoriniartsfactory.gr/en/program/226-twilight-2|url-status=dead}}
In 2017 she performed on the Cargo original motion picture soundtrack composed by Thorsten Quaeschning of Tangerine Dream.{{cite web|url=https://shop-invisiblehands.co.uk/products/cargo|title=Cargo|publisher=Invisible Hands Music}}{{cite web|publisher=Fifteen Questions|title=Fifteen Questions Interview with Tangerine Dream|date=2017|url=https://www.15questions.net/interview/fifteen-questions-interview-tangerine-dream/page-1/}}{{cite web|title=Thorsten Quaeschning : Interview|website=Penny Black Music|url=http://www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk/MagSitePages/Article/8919|author=Clarkson, John|date=10 May 2018}}
Discography (partial)
- 2014: KiSeki: Traumstein
- 2015: Tukico: SD card [Regen from Ame] (video works)
- 2016: Hoshiko Yamane/Tansik: Discord (dance soundtrack)
- 2017: Hoshiko Yamane: MUT (dance soundtrack)
- 2017: Hoshiko Yamane/Duenn: Nakaniwa
- 2017: Hoshiko Yamane: A Story of a Man EP
- 2018: Hoshiko Yamane: Threads
- 2018: Hoshiko Yamane: Twilight EP (dance soundtrack)
Tangerine Dream (partial)
- 2011: Live at the Lowry (The Gate of Saturn, live at the Lowry, Manchester)
- 2011: Knights of Asheville (live in Asheville)
- 2011: The Island of the Fay (guest on track 4)
- 2011: The Angel of the West Window (plays on 3 tracks)
- 2015: Supernormal – The Australian Concerts 2014
- 2015: Quantum Key
- 2016: Live at The Philharmony Szczecin – Poland
- 2016: Particles
- 2017: The Sessions I
- 2017: Light Flux
- 2017: Quantum Gate
- 2018: The Sessions II
- 2018: The Sessions III
- 2018: The Sessions IV
- 2019: The Sessions V
- 2019: Recurring Dreams
- 2020: The Sessions VI
- 2021: The Sessions VII
- 2021: Probe 6-8
- 2022: Raum
References
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External links
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Category:21st-century Japanese classical composers
Category:21st-century Japanese classical violinists
Category:21st-century Japanese women composers
Category:Japanese electronic musicians
Category:Japanese women classical composers