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Vocal improviser, composer, bandleader, educator and occasional pianist. Also a media professional with extensive work history in television, magazine and publicity. Born in NYC, raised partially in Tokyo, spent a few summers in Melbourne, lived and worked for many years in Paris, currently resides in Brooklyn, NY. Kitamura is a visiting faculty at Bennington College since 2022.

RECENT NEWS: Kitamura’s documentary film Introduction to Syntactical Ghost Trance Music, about Anthony Braxton and one of his music systems, is featured in January 2024 issue of DownBeat Magazine and described as “an invaluable resource for Braxton-philes.” Click link to watch. Free. Premiered at Darmstadt’s international music festival in August 2023.

Listen to Dave Douglas interview Kyoko in this A Noise From The Deep podcast.

Photo by Michael Weintrob.

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