Mayako Kubo

is a composer of Japanese descent who is artistically connected to the European legacy and the contemporary music movement. She has written about 130 works in almost all genres. Opera holds special significance for Mayako Kubo. The world premiere of Rashomon in Graz, Austria, 1996 and of the Japanese version in Tokyo 2002 confirmed her reputation as Japan’s most important female composer.

„My goal is to create something that can survive the 21st century. Otherwise, my music would be meaningless, and I might as well stop composing.“
Mayako Kubo

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I’m a West Berliner

I’ve been living in Berlin since 1986—specifically in West Berlin. It’s funny how people still emphasize the West. But once a West Berliner, always a West Berliner. My diary entries from 1989 to 1990 are fascinating, both personally and politically. Those were deeply moving days, both inwardly and outwardly. I’m fortunate… Read More

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St. Matthäus Church is one of the most meaningful places in Berlin for me — a place I visit even without an exhibition o… Read More

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“One does not go into exile for pleasure”

So wrote Alfred Kerr in his diary on July 1, 1933. Living in exile means standing between two cultures – that of one’s… Read More

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