“Strident, strange and often violent but also full of exuberance and joy, “Tell es-Sakan” (Hill of Ash) is a protest, pacifist, concert-length piece for string quartet and percussion. Intended as a ballet, motivated by the current war in Gaza, and named after the oldest known settlement in the area, it follows on one side a couple that meets, falls in love, vows trust to each other, and on the other the War Machine, an ominous presence that eventually takes over in a fury of destruction. The piece comes from a place of sorrow and yearning for a better human future.”
–Davide Verotta

Played by the Friction String Quartet, and Haruka Fujii and Anne Szabla, percussion.

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Sunday November 24th, 2024 at Brava Theater, San Francisco

Haruka joins SFCMP program with music that harnesses the power of the female voice. A world premiere by up-and-coming composer Emma Logan, West Coast premieres by Laura Schwendinger and Augusta Read Thomas, and music from San Francisco’s Mary Kouyoumdijian showcase these sonic narratives about women, by women.

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November 15th 2024

“American Railroad” The album is out Nov. 15 on Nonesuch Records and the single “Swannanoa Tunnel / Steel-Driving Man” is out now.

The album is the culmination of four years of research, collaboration, and music-making, having brought Silkroad artists all across the United States to uncover and uplift the stories of those who built the transcontinental railroad and connecting railways across North America. My composition, Tamping Song is a song to celebrate the contribution of Japanese immigrant railroad workers.

“Swannanoa Tunnel / Steel-Driving Man” is a tribute to the ghosts of the hard working men who gave their lives building the Swannanoa Tunnel in North Carolina, whose stories have been forgotten and words claimed not as their own. It ends with a version of the popular traditional tune “John Henry” or “Steel-Driving Man,” about the folk hero John Henry, who beat the steam drill with his hammer, only to die of a burst heart. 

Also, please support the people who have recently lost everything in Swannanoa, NC in Hurricane Helene - here are places to give:

Appalachia Funders Network https://www.appalachiafunders.org/

World Central Kitchen https://wck.org/search/tag/north-carolina

Operation Airdrop (Concord, NC) https://www.operation-airdrop.com/hurricane-helene

Beloved Asheville (Asheville, NC) https://belovedasheville.com/get-involved

October 24th, 2024 7:30pm Toronto, Canada

The Fujiis are back in Toronto after 10years, for the reprise of Letters to God by Akira Miyoshi, and works by luminary composers of Japan and Canada, along with dear friends, Soundstreams Choir 21, The Canadian Children’s Opera Company , Gregory Oh, piano and Ryan Scott, percussion.

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An exciting project with The San Francisco Girls Chorus Premier Ensemble, featuring a program for a girls choir and percussion, including the world premiere of Haruka’s new composition.

May 19th, 2024 @3pm

Caroline H. Hume Concert Hall, San Francisco Conservatory of Music

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Haruka joins AWS for an evening of music by “our greatest living composer,” Steve Reich. The program celebrates the 50th anniversary of Music for 18 Musicians, perhaps the most influential minimalist work of all time and also includes Clapping Music, Vermont Counterpoint, and Radio Rewrite.

April 13th, 2024 @8pm

The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, College Park, MD

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Haruka collaborates with Friction Quartet and Nancy Karp +Dancers on Sundial by composer Sam Adams

April 6th, 8pm and April 7th, 3pm

Atrium Theater, San Francisco

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Silkroad Ensemble with Rhiannon Giddens performs at Big Ears Festival in Knoxville, TN.

March 24th, 2024

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San Francisco Contemporary Players presents a program - RE:visitations - with works by Mazzoli, Andriessen, Mackey, Boulez and Zappa.

Jan 24, 2024 Sat @8pm

Caroline H. Hume Concert Hall, San Francisco Conservatory of Music

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A triologue by Kinan Azmeh on clarinet, Haruka Fujii on percussion and Karen Ouzounian on cello, Noe Music presents a musical gathering of three likeminded composer-performers who are inspired by a multitude of traditions without being limited by any of them. This powerhouse trio of members of the Silkroad Ensemble will present a musical conversation through the exchange of melody, rhythm, and stories from all their cultural backgrounds — Syria, Japan, Armenia and beyond — in musical genres ranging from folk song, improvisation and original composition to contemporary classical music.

Jan 14, 2024 Sun @4pm

Noe Valley Ministry1021 Sanchez StreetSan Francisco, CA, 94114United States (map)

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Joining an one-off trio with the two iconic artists of the Bay Area, Jaron Lanier - an American computer scientist, visual artist, computer philosophy writer, technologist, futurist, and composer of contemporary classical music - and the legendary percussionist William Winant.

Dec 10 Sun @ 3pm

Miwok gallery, Half Moon Bay, CA

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Joining San Francisco Symphony’s Soundbox, curated by a dear friend Mazz Swift. The program will include a couple of Haruka’s compositions. The detail to be revealed at the show!

Dec 8 Fri and 9 Sat @9pm

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Jacob Nissly and Haruka Fujii co-direct San Francisco Conservatory of Music Percussion Ensemble, featuring works by Jlin, Jennifer Higdon, Ivan Trevino, Chris P. Thompson, and Danny Elfman.

Nov 28 Tue @7pm

Caroline H. Hume Concert Hall, 50 Oak Street, San Francisco, CA 94102

Musubi Trio by Beni Shinohara on violin, Ráyo Furuta on flute, and Haruka Fujii on percussion, presents melodies, rhythm, and harmony from and inspired by Japan.

At Throckmorton Theater, 142 Throckmorton Avenue, Mill Valley, CA 94941

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Premiere performance of a new work for percussion solo by JUNO Award winning Canadian-Chinese composer and Santa Clara University faculty member Vivian Fung , a companion piece to her Shimmer for percussion

June 3, 2023 at 7:30 p.m

Noe Valley Ministry (1021 Sanchez, SF)

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May 27th, 2023 at 8pm
House Concert in Berkeley
To reserve a seat, email: harry@fullplatemedia.com

Improvised music with:
Haruka Fujii, percussion
Kanoko Nishi Smith, koto
Theresa Wong, cello, voice

Haruka Plays Braxton at SFCMP’s program Power Duos, Power Dynamics

May 11th, 2023 at 7pm

Herbst Theatre, SF War Memorial, 401 Van Ness Ave, San Francisco

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A world premiere performance of Davide Verotta’s Tsure goes to the beach for solo marimba, alongside the performance of Tsure for violin, flute and marimba.

May 6th, 2023 at 7:30pm

Sunset Arts and Music, Episcopal Church 
of Incarnation, 1750 29th Ave, San Francisco

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Haruka Collaborates with a cellist Oliver Herbert on a world premiere of 'Ecstatic Immanence' by Andrew Moses.

Date: 22.4.2023 (Sat) 8pm
At: Kwai Tsing Theatre

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Haruka plays Baumbusch and Nancarrow at San Francisco Contemporary Music Players’ exciting program Temporal Excursions.

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Haruka joins a stage curated by Rhiannon Giddens at Carnegie, Zankel Hall in NYC, along with Pura Fé, Mazz Swift, Maeve Glichrist, Wu Man, and Karen Ouzounian.

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