Profile | Yasuhiro Otani

Bio

Tokyo-based electroacoustic composer and guitarist. For over three decades his practice has crossed improvisation, musique concrète, spatialized composition, and sound installation — always treating the guitar as both an acoustic instrument and an electronic source.

Yasuhiro Otani is a Tokyo-based electroacoustic composer and guitarist whose work explores the boundary between acoustic presence and electronic transformation, working across computer-based composition and guitar performance.

His recent work Thresholds of Presence (2025), built from guitar and Sherman Filterbank 2 alone, was selected for Forum Wallis 2026, Switzerland. Previous works have been presented at New York Philharmonic Biennial (2016), ARS Electronica / Forum Wallis (2016), ICMC Perth (2013), Asian Composers League (2012, 2013), Re-new Copenhagen (2011), MUSICACOUSTICA Beijing (2010), and major festivals across Europe, Asia, and the Americas.

Activity

Two strands of practice: artistic work as a musician, and composition lessons as an educator.

Artistic Activity

Electroacoustic works for guitar and computer, presented at festivals including the New York Philharmonic Biennial, ARS Electronica, and ICMC Perth.

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Composition Lessons

Guitar and DTM composition lessons for individual students.

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Gear

Guitar and computer (Max/MSP/Jitter), used extensively for multichannel spatialized pieces. Thresholds of Presence is a project-specific departure, built in real time from guitar and Sherman Filterbank 2 (analog filter bank) alone.

Contact

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