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Marek Kimei Matvija

マレック・貴明・マトヴィヤ

Matvija, Marek Kimei
Shakuhachi

Filmmaker and player of the shakuhachi, Matvija is a performer of contemporary, improvised, and Japanese traditional ensemble and solo music. He studies the shakuhachi with a shakuhachi virtuoso, Kifū Mitsuhashi. In 2017, Matvija was awarded the title nattori shihan of the Kifū-kai and a performance name, Kimei, 貴明. He is a member of a microtonal ensemble Quarter to Three and ensemble for site-specific music Topos Kolektiv. Since 2022, Matvija teaches shakuhachi at the Academy of the Performing Arts in Prague (HAMU). 

He has graduated at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU) and studied under Czech composer and shakuhachi player Vlastislav Matoušek. 

Matvija has performed throughout the Czech Republic and in Japan, France, the Netherlands, Hungary, Slovakia, the USA, and Portugal. He is the artistic director of the International Shakuhachi Festival Prague.

www.matvija.cz

Discography:
Quarter to Three, label: Polí5, 2017
Zaškrábnutí / Scribble More, label: Polí5, 2020

Projects:
Quarter to Three (quarter-tone improvised music) https://poli5.bandcamp.com/album/quarter-to-three

Topos Kolektiv (site-specific performance) https://toposkolektiv.com/
International Shakuhachi Festival Prague (artistic director), www.isfp.cz

Internships:
Kifū Mitsuhashi (Tokyo)
Marcelo Dos Reis (Lisabon)
Christopher Yohmei Blasdel (Tokyo)

Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNElBGtJcm0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-giXkQKE1Y

Vimeo:
https://vimeo.com/366475960 - Habitat, film directed by M.Matvija
https://vimeo.com/257586518 - improvised music with shakuhachi, live session
https://vimeo.com/256254408 - improvised music with shakuhachi, live session

FaceBook:
https://www.facebook.com/marek.matvija

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