 Kenji Bunch is a fantastic violist and composer with a truly unique style! We are so excited to welcome him to Viola Day, to hear him perform, and to participate in his fiddling workshop. Bring your viola! Check out Kenji’s performance of his own piece, 3 Gs, and read his short bio below! Remember to submit your sticker designs to brad.ottesen(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)gmail.com.  Kenji Bunch writes music that looks for commonalities between musical styles, for understandings that transcend cultural or generational barriers, and for empathic connections with his listeners. Drawing on vernacular musical traditions, an interest in highlighting historical injustices and inaccuracies, and techniques from his classical training, Bunch creates music with a unique personal vocabulary that appeals to performers, audiences, and critics alike. With his work frequently performed worldwide and recorded numerous times, Bunch considers his current mission the search for and celebration of shared emotional truths about the human experience from the profound to the absurd, to help facilitate connection and healing through entertainment, vulnerability, humor, and joy.Mr. Bunch is widely recognized for performing his own groundbreaking works for viola. He currently serves as Artistic Director of the new music group Fear No Music and is deeply committed to music education in his hometown of Portland, Oregon. |
Rocking the Alto Clef in the Beehive State