Entrevistas

1. The origin of name Kishi Bashi

2. His Shin-Issei parents

3. On being Japanese and American

4. On his songfilm Omoiyari

5. The reason for creating the songflim Omoiyari

6. On music

Bashi,Kishi

(n. 1975) Músico, compositor e autor musical

On music

[Playing violin]

I’ve been playing violin since I was seven maybe? But I never…I never thought it could be a profession.

I was pretty heavy into classical music in high school, as well as metal, which is what everybody my age was into. After that I went to jazz improvisation and so I really got heavy into improvisation which is a very social art form.

My parents encouraged, I went to engineering school first and I flunked out, but they knew how much I loved music, so they let me go…

I think I use it as a shield to hide behind. Because if I didn’t have my music I feel like I’d be kind of worthless. That might be a part of, maybe my minority identity…that’s hiding behind my skillset.

identidade música músicos violinos

Data: August 21, 2018

Localização Geográfica: California, US

Entrevistado: Sharon Yamato

País: Watase Media Arts Center, Japanese American National Museum

Entrevistados

Kaoru Ishibashi, que se apresenta como Kishi Bashi, é um Shin-Nisei músico, compositor e autor musical, nascido em Seattle, Washington, e criado em Norfolk, Virgínia. Ele estudou na Berklee College of Music [Faculdade Berklee de Música] e tornou-se um renomado violinista.

Seu projeto cinematográfico, Omoiyari (Empatia), levou-o a lugares como Manzanar, Lago Tule, Museu Nacional Japonês Americano e ao Japão para aprender sobre os nipo-americanos e a história da Segunda Guerra Mundial japonesa. Omoiyari explora como a empatia e a falta dela desempenham papéis fundamentais em nossa busca moderna por igualdade social. (Março de 2019)