Dec 5, 2022
A conversation with Kishi Bashi, the pseudonym of singer,
multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter Kaoru Ishibashi. He will
discuss his experience growing up as a Japanese-American, as well
as his film, “Omoiyari: a Songfilm by Kishi Bashi.
Kishi Bashi is an internationally-acclaimed recording artist,
violinist, vocalist and composer who has released six albums and
has built a live concert following around the world. He has
also toured internationally as a violinist with diverse artists
such as Regina Spektor, Sondre Lerche, and of Montreal. His
latest album, Omoiyari (a Japanese word for the idea of
creating compassion toward other people by thinking about them) was
released in 2019, and his 2020 Emigrant EP, a very special
companion piece to ‘Omoiyari’, serves as a time capsule of the
2020 condition and a continuation of the concepts explored in
'Omoiyari'.” Kishi Bashi’s co-directed feature film
length documentary for Omoiyari makes its world premiere debut at
SXSW 2022.