Midori Hirano [JP] – General available
Midori Hirano [JP]
album promotion tour OTONOMA (Thrill Jockey) from februari 2026 [NL/ BE]
cine concert: The Juniper Tree – Nietzchka Keene (feat, Björk)
bookings: info[at]fluister[dot]org
Midori Hirano is a Berlin-based Japanese musician and composer from Kyoto whose work blends classical piano roots with experimental electronics. Known for weaving acoustic piano, field recordings, and delicately processed synths into immersive, emotionally rich soundscapes, she has released acclaimed albums on labels such as Sonic Pieces, Dauw, Alien Transistor, Karlrecords, and Thrill Jockey.
Her praised discography includes klo:yuri (2008), Minor Planet (2016), Mirrors in Mirrors (2019), Invisible Island (2020), and Soniscope (2021). Under her alias MimiCof, she explores more experimental, rhythmic, and abstract territories, which have increasingly merged with her main work.
Hirano has created notable modular-synthesis projects such as Moon Synch (2017), made with a Buchla system at EMS Stockholm, and Distant Symphony (2022), composed on the rare EMS SYNTHI 100. Collaboration is central to her practice, spanning work with Atsuko Hatano, Hprizm, Lali Puna, Ilpo Väisänen, and the collective Monika Werkstatt.
She has composed for film, dance, and installations, scoring the feature films Tokito (2024) and Satisfaction (2025), as well as works for artist Anne Duk Hee Jordan and the Osaka Expo 2025. Recent releases include collaborations with Brueder Selke (Split Scale, 2025) and CoH (Sudden Fruit).
Many of her solo performances are accompanied by live visuals created by the visual artist Kaliber 16 aka Markus Wambsganss.
Her new solo album OTONOMA is planned to be released on February 2026 by Thrill Jockey Records.
Cine-concert: The Juniper Tree
Midori Hirano scored a new soundtrack for the movie The Juniper Tree. This soundtrack will be relkeased late 2026. The Juniper Tree is a 1990 Icelandic medieval fantasy drama film written and directed by Nietzchka Keene. Based on the Brothers Grimm fairy tale “The Juniper Tree”, the film was shot in black-and-white in a small budget in 1986. It stars Björk Guðmundsdóttir, Bryndis Petra Bragadóttir, Guðrún Gísladóttir, Valdimar Örn Flygenring and Geirlaug Sunna Þormar.