MUSIC FROM JAPAN WORKS INFORMATION

Composer Name: Kazuo Uehara

Composition Name: Katarai I

Composition Date:                       1990 
Configuration:                         Small Ensemble
Featured Instrument:                   Computer
                                       Koto
Japanese Instrument(s):                Y
Length:                                16:19
Players:                               2
Commissioned by:                       MFJ
Version (Original/Revised):            O
MFJ Presented:                         Y

Recording Title:                       Cosmos I
Released:                              1990
Performers:                            Kazue Sawai
Label Name:                            Air
Recording Format:                      Compact Disc
Commercial/Non-Commercial:             C
Recording (American/Japanese/Other):   A
Release (American/Japanese/Other):     J
Solo/Compilation:                      S
Item Number:                           AIR-011
Number of Copies:                       2 

World Premiere Venue:                  The Asia Society
World Premiere City:                   New York
World Premiere Sponsor:                MFJ
World Premiere Date:                   3/24/90
World Premiere Performers:             K. Sawai, Uehara
Article/Review:                        R

Publication:                           The New York Times
Title:                                 Ritual and Technology
Author/Critic:                         Bernard Holland
Publication Date:                      3/28/90
Reaction:                              Neutral
Synopsis:                              "...vivid assaults were buoyed by computer-generated sound into
                                       complex enlargements of volume and timbre."
Origin (American/Japanese):            A