Otomo Yosihide will perform in Moscow

On May 19, a concert with the participation of the Japanese avant -garde musician Otomo Josihide will be held in the Cultural Center in Moscow.

“The return of the legendary gurus of free improvisation, neize and electroacoustics, as well as the avant -garde directions of jazz and the rock of an outstanding Japanese guitarist, performer on the DJer of the Ward and Electronics, the composer and arranger of Otomo Yosihid, have been waiting in Moscow for more than ten years,” the site of the house “House” reports .

Otomo Josihide created groups Ground Zero, Otomo Yoshihide New Jazz Quintet and Otomo Yoshihide New Jazz Orchestra , participated in the publication of more than four hundred albums, collaborated with such musicians as Bill Lasvell, Kit Row Ferrari, Alfred "23" Hart, Peter Brtzmann, Mats Gustafsson and Evan Parker.

In addition, Otomo Josihide writes music for films, participates in theatrical productions, gives lectures, releases books and essays, and is engaged in charitable activities.

In Moscow, he will perform with the Norwegian drummer Paul Nilssen Law . In recent years, he has released several duet discs with the best avant -garde guitarists, including Otomo Yosihide.