Composer, pianist, performance, and video artist Makiko Nishikaze joins Cornell’s composers' forum to present on her music. Born in Wakayama, Japan and residing in Berlin, Germany, Nishikaze’s highly varied work comfortably spans mediums and practices, with a particular emphasis on spatial performance, early and modern keyboards and intermedial composition. She writes, “I have for some time been concerned with spatial music. The performance space itself is used as an instrument to unite visual and acoustic impressions in a single whole. I often extend the concept of my composition with performative-action, using everyday objects and materials, with which I explore the spatial dimensions visibly and audibly. My compositions are not directed at some eccentric or stunning result but are rather intended as a guide towards a higher level of the ability to listen.” This event is part of a week-long residency sponsored by the Department of Music, the Department of Asian Studies, the East Asia Program, the Cornell Center for Historical Keyboards, and Ensemble X.