Originally from Kobe and Osaka, Japan, internationally renowned percussionist Tatsuya Nakatani has toured extensively throughout the world, having performed in approximately 80 cities and 10 countries. Utilizing drumset, gongs, cymbals, singing bowls, metal objects, sticks and bows, he creates collages of sound, which combine the sense of space and beauty found in traditional Japanese folk music with the extended techniques of New Music, yet with great energy and intensity. Although his music defies category or genre, it can be viewed as a cross-cultural mixture of improvised music, experimental music, jazz, free jazz, and rock.

In addition to live solo and ensemble performances, he has provided sound design for films and television projects. The latest of these was the performance of an improvised sound score for silent movie- "The Water Magician" (1933, directed by Kenji Mizoguchi), which was part of exhibition of Hiroshi Sugimoto Photograph at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC. He is the recent recipient of The Bronx Arts Council Individual Artist grant. In addition to his work as a percussionist, Nakatani heads H&H Production, an independent record label and recording studio based in Easton, Pennsylvania.

PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS:
Smithsonian Institute (Washington, DC, USA)
Tonic, Stone, Knitting Factory, CBGB (New York, USA)
Chicago Cultural Center (Chicago, IL, USA)
Hot House (Chicago, IL, USA)
Krannert Art Museum (Champaign, IL, USA)
I.C.A. Boston (Boston, MA, USA)
Wesleyan University (CT, USA)
Musee d'art moderne et contemporaine (Strasbourg, France)
Le Carre Bleu Les Couronneries (Poiters, France)
Le crime (Lille, France)
Fylkingen (Stockholm, Sweden)
Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland)
South Gate Space 798 Dashanzi Art District (Beijing, China)
Jaotong university (Shanghai, China)
Pit Inn (Tokyo, Japan)PAST/PRESENT

COLLABORATORS:

From USA
William Parker, Ken Vandermark, Billy Bang, Frank Lowe, Joe McPhee, Assif Tsahar, Steve Swell, Roy Campbell, Sabir Mateen, Cooper-Moore, Jim Baker, Josh Abrams, Miya Masaoka, Joe Maneri, Mat Maneri, nmperign, Michael Zerang, Susan Alcorn, Kyle Bruckman, Jack Wright, Dave Dove, Donald Millar, Hill Greene, Daniel Carter and Etc...
Dance/movement : Chris Ferris, Ximena Garnica, Zack Fuller, Claire Barratt and Etc...

From Europe
Peter Kowald, Peter Brotzmann, Barre Phillips, Le Quan Ninh, Michel Doneda, Alessandro Bosetti, Gunda Gottschalk, Peter Jacquemyn, André Goudbeek, Xu Feng Xia, Phil Minton, Rhodri Davis, Martin Archer, Raymond Mcdonald, Giani Gebia, Fabrice Charles, Bart Maris, Ute Volker, Phil Durrant plus dance/movement artists Chantal Yzermans, Anika Kristensen and Camille

From Asia
Otomo Yoshihide, Kazuhisa Uchihashi, Yasuhiro Yoshigaki, Kan Tae Hwan, UA, Taku Unami, Masahiko Kono, Tatsu Aoki, Masashi Harada, Tetsu Saitoh plus dance/movement artist Hanaarashi

RECENT TOURS since 2004:
"NRA" Canada(Quebec), USA(East coast)- May 2006
"The Water Magician, Kenji Mizoguchi director" Sumithsonian Institute, WashingtonDC-March 2006
"Solo" Europe(Germany, France, Scotlands)-February, March 2006
"From Between trio", Japan(National)-February 2006
"Peter Jacquemyn+Assif Tsahar", Europe (Belgium, Netherlands)-January-February 2006
"Yukijurushi" USA(mideast)-2006
"Audrey Chen"-China, Japan(National) Nov,Dec2005
"Yukijurushi" , Japan(National) -2005
"Susan Alcorn, Audrey" Chen-USA(South, East) 2005
"Solo"-USA (Midwest) - June 2005
"Audrey Chen Duet"-USA(South)-April 2005
"From Between trio"-France(National) - February 2005
"From Between trio"-USA(Mideast) - January 2005
"Solo"-Europe (UK, Ireland, Scotland) - December 2004
"Solo"-Japan (National) - November 2004
"Blue Collar"-USA (Mideast) - October 2004
"Assif Tsahar Duet"-USA (Eastcoast) - October 2004
"Le Quan Ninh"-USA(Eastcoast) - September 2004
"Toshi Makihara"-USA(Eastcoast) - September 2004
"MAP"-USA(Mideast) - June 2004
"Solo"-Europe (France, Belgium) - May 2004
"Solo"-USA (South) - April 2004

FESTIVALS since 2004:
Festival Musique Actuelle-Victoriaville, Canada-2006
Musique Action festival-Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, France-2004
Festival Beyond Innocence-Osaka, Japan-2004, 2005
Vision Festival-New York, NY, USA-2002, 2003, 2005
NY Butoh Dance festival-New York, NY, USA-2003, 2005
2pi festival, China-2005
Birmingham Improv Festival-Birmingham, AL, USA-2004
Improvised and Otherwise-New York, NY, USA-2002, 2005
Autumn Uprising Festival-Boston, MA, USA-1997,1999,2000,2001,2002
Counter Fit Festival-Rochester, NY, USA-2005
Sound Less Name Festival - Houston, TX,USA-2004
Asian American Jazz Festival-Boston, MA, USA-2000
High-Zero Festival-Baltimore, MD, USA-2005
No Idea Festival-Austin, TX, USA-2005

DISCOGRAPHY
(total 34): below, since 2004

Justin time, Billy Bang Quintet/ Frank Lowe, 2006
No Stranger to The Air, from Between Trio, Sprout, 2006
Solitude, Assif Tsahar, Hopscotch, 2005
A combination of events, John Dikeman, Archive, 2005
Limn Nakatani-Chen Duo, H&H Producion, 2005
Mott Haven Yukijurushi, H&H Producion, 2005
N.R.A. -103 point 9 Record, 2005
Un titled N.R.A., H&H Producion, 2005
Lovely Hazel Blue Collar, Public Eye Sore, 2005
New York Underground Orchestra, Hopscotch, 2004
Masashi Harada Condanction Ensemble, Emanem, 2004
Ayu Statimük Kumi Nagao, H&H Producion, 2004
___is an apparition Blue Collar, Rossbin, 2004
From Between, w/Michel Doneda, Jack Wright, Tatsuya Nakatani - SOS Edition, 2004
MAP, Second Press from previous release, H&H Production, 2004
Green Report, 12 Solo percussion, H&H Production, 2004

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