kamoepiano301

“kamoepiano301” is a software instrument (SFZ) created as part of the 2025 (First Term) Artist-in-Residence program hosted by the Hamamatsu City Kamoe Art Center. This work was presented as one of the pieces in the exhibition “Music Becoming a Sign.”

For this project, the upright piano installed at the center was carefully sampled and reconstructed within a software environment. While preserving the unique character of the original instrument, the design emphasizes delicate dynamic control and is crafted as an instrument dedicated to expressive real-time performance.

Rather than being bound by existing conventions or the pursuit of mere “realism,” the goal was to pursue a sound that I genuinely wished to have. Mechanical noises and other elements that might interfere with musical expression were intentionally avoided, in order to shape it as an “instrument” that allows the performer to fully concentrate on expression.

It is my hope that this sound will spread across the world via the internet, carrying the resonance of the Kamoe piano beyond places and borders, encountering diverse forms of expression and giving birth to new music.