Kunihiko Komori is an active performer in and outside of Japan, who has successfully placed marimba along the tradition of the mainstream western music, programming only the literatures composed exclusively for the instrument.
Kunihiko Komori has performed at Wittener Tage fur neue Kammermusik, WDR-Funkhaus Köln, Internationale Ferienkurse fur Nue Musik in Darmstadt, Kimmel Center at New York, and Takefu International Music Festival for the world premiere of marimba works. Mr. Komori has already won many awards, including the first prize in the Crane New Music Festival competition and was selected as one of marimbists from across the world to perform at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention (PASIC) 2000.
Also, he was the first marimbist selected to perform at the Tokyo Opera City for its prestigious "B to C (Bach to Contemporary) Recital Series". His debut solo cd has been released by Fontec, titled 'Marimbist', including Toshio Hosokawa's first commissioned marimba solo work, "Reminiscence".
Kunihiko Komori received Bachelors degree from Eastman School of Music with the Performer's Certificate. He also completed his Master’s degree and Graduate Performance Diploma program with full scholarship at Peabody Conservatory of Music of Johns Hopkins University. His teachers include John Beck, William Moersch and Robert van Sice.
Kunihiko Komori is a performing artist for Vic Firth Inc. and Pearl Corporation and performs on an Adams marimba exclusively.
