Kenichi Kawabata

Education

Degrees

Teachers

Professional Experience – Clarinet

Selected Concerts

• Winners Concert – Japan Classical Music Competition (Tokyo, 2006)
• Mendelssohn Concert Pieces (2007)  ·  Mozart Quintet KV 581 (2008)
• Schumann: Concert for Clarinet and Piano (2010)  ·  Kyoto Arts Festival Solo Concert (2013)
• Manson Ensemble with Oliver Knussen (2015)
• Royal Academy Symphony Orchestra under Semyon Bychkov (2015–2016)
• Brahms Trio Concerts (2019–2020)
• "The Voice of the Clarinet" – La Traviata Fantasy (2019)

Awards

Press Reviews

• Classical Source (London), 2016 – Review by Colin Anderson
• Vorarlberger Nachrichten – "Große Opern auf der Klarinette" (2019)
• Vorarlberger Nachrichten – "Die Bläser bescherten" (2019)

Tonmeister / Audio Engineering

2022–2025: Over 40 classical recording productions in Austria, Switzerland and Germany (ZHdK, Prof. A. Werner).

CD Release: Flor Peeters – Chamber Music Vol. 2 (Tonmeister, Motette 2023)

Musik in der Pforte – Regular audio and video production for YouTube channel (2021–Present)

Selected Projects 2025

• Pforte Chamber Orchestra Plus: Mendelssohn / Webenau / Beethoven – ORF Radio Vorarlberg (2025)
• Pforte Concert N°2: Haydn "Seven Last Words" – Video Production; Audio: ORF Radio Vorarlberg (2025)
• Echo Theory / Erin Louise Torres – Ambient Recording of 12-Speaker Installation, Palais Liechtenstein (2025)
• Mar Gimferrer – Cello Recording (ZHdK, 2026)

Selected Projects 2024

• Quadricor Horn Quartet Recording
• Mar Gimferrer Cello Production
• Pforte Chamber Orchestra Plus – Beethoven Violin Concerto / Eroica
• Miriam Terragni & Raimund Wiederkehr Concert
• Ensemble Louise Farrenc – World Premiere by Sally Beamish
• Quadricor Horn Quartet – Dom St. Nikolaus
• V.Töne Wind Quintet – Schattenburgmuseum
• Epos Ensemble – Beethoven & Webenau

Selected Projects 2021–2023

• J. S. Bach Christmas Oratorio I & III – Concerto Stella Matutina, Alte Kirche Götzis (19 December 2020)
  Video & Audio: Victor Marin, Kenichi Kawabata  ·  Live Broadcast on ORF Radio Vorarlberg
  Soloists: Miriam Feuersinger (soprano), Marian Dijkhuizen (alto), Daniel Johannsen (tenor), Matthias Helm (bass)
• Organ Dedication Concert – Herz-Jesu-Kirche Bregenz (21 November 2020)
  Video: Victor Marin Roman  ·  Audio: Kenichi Kawabata  ·  Organ: Prof. Helmut Binder
• Luciano Berio – Sequenza XIV per violoncello – Ursina Maria Braun, Johanniterkirche Feldkirch (15 May 2021)
  Direction, Editing & Camera: Victor Marin  ·  Audio: Kenichi Kawabata  ·  Camera Assistant: Sebastian Mosquera
• Mozart Die Entführung aus dem Serail – Kulturbühne AMBACH Götzis (2020)  ·  Bach Brandenburg Concertos (2020)
• Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem (2022)
• Anna Adamik – Chopin Ballades & Nocturnes, Stella Matutina (2023)
• Mar Gimferrer – Brahms Cello Sonata (2023)  ·  Mar Gimferrer & Richard Kogima – Rachmaninoff Cello Sonata Op. 19 (2023)
• Yunus Kaya – Brahms Piano Pieces Op. 76 & Rhapsodies Op. 79 (2023/2024)

Internships & Observations

Publications

"The Necessities to Communicate Between Tonmeisters and Performers"

DAS Thesis, Zurich University of the Arts (2024)

"Music Spoken by Space: Recreating and Recording 19th Century Salon Acoustics"

Master's Thesis, Zurich University of the Arts (2025) — First in Class

Additional Resources

Homepage: https://kenichi-kawabata.com/en

Selected Projects on YouTube: Playlist

Selected YouTube Links

• J. S. Bach Christmas Oratorio I & III – Concerto Stella Matutina (2020): youtu.be/ZcGolYiMjD8
• Mozart Die Entführung aus dem Serail – Kulturbühne AMBACH Götzis (2020): youtu.be/hyONVDEp-EI
• Organ Dedication Concert – Herz-Jesu-Kirche Bregenz (November 2020): youtu.be/EjQd3NR4oR4
• Luciano Berio – Sequenza XIV per violoncello, Ursina Maria Braun – Johanniterkirche Feldkirch (2021): youtu.be/RLrUhjLP9mc