Akari Komura

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The artist standing in front of a big tree, looking up at the sky

My name is Akari Komura (she/her).

I am originally from Tokyo, Japan.

I like thinking, writing, and imagining

our sonic environment.

I am interested in composing scores

that are invitational and sensorial.

I am interested in curating a performance space

for contemplative listening and soundmaking.

I am currently based in California studying Ph.D. in music composition at UC San Diego.

no.244 “one with no continents”(2024; revisited 2026) written for @sd.new.verbal.workshop
softly sustain a sky-blue sound
◯Invent and play a melody that recedes into water
◯Invent and play a melody that floats on water
◯Make a sound that emerges from sunlight
◯Unpitched pulse
◯Slowly oscillate between any two pitched sounds
◯Make a sound that merges with winds
@akarikomura
2026 November

no.243
lend an ear to;
i) a petal of earth
ii) a petal of heart
iii) a pedal note
iv) a brick of silence
v) a block of silence
vi) a brick of ice cream
vii) a petal of pain
viii) a petal of rain
ix) a freeway of powers
x) a freeway of answers
xi) a freeway of flowers
@akarikomura
2026 November

no.242
r roam
o roar
o rouge
t row

r rock
o roof
o room
t roulette

r rose
o road
o roundabout
t rocket

@akarikomura
2026 October

no.241
[water silence]
[water falling from silent trees]
[watered silence]
listen to a silent loquat tree
listen to a silent traveller’s tree
listen to a silent persimmon tree
@akarikomura
2026 October

no.240
hold an object scented with the sun
hold an object carried by the tide
hold an object lighter than a lily
hold an object untouched by human voice
hold an object older than your body

hold a sound scented with the sun
hold a sound carried by the tide
hold a sound lighter than a lily
hold a sound untouched by human voice
hold a sound older than your body

@akarikomura
2026 September

no. 239 Play a series of short tones as damaged as scorched leaves. Listen to the remnants of ginkgo leaves, then leave a sound.
@akarikomura
2026 September

no.238
listen for what’s left in the veins of a leaf
[the noise of the earth bending skyward]
[the oldest birdsong]
[a lullaby absorbed by water]
[the sun from a thousand years ago]
[roots of street names]
[a carpet of pine needles]
[the skeleton of languages]

@akarikomura
2026 August

no.237 (dedicated to @ilanawaniuk)
meet a wind
meet a wind after dusk
meet a wind behind a cloud
meet a wind around your hair
meet a wind in a roofless room
meet a wind by the bark of a tree
meet a wind from 7 years ago
meet a wind clothed with leaves and your limbs
meet a wind sounding with soil and your skin
@akarikomura
2026 August

no.236 (excerpted from “voices on the surface” written for @meganarns)

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no.235 [silence]~[silenced]
@akarikomura
2026 July

no.234
sustain a darkly-veined long tone
a balloon rose into the sky
rose-colored silence
i rise with the sun
thornless silence
@akarikomura
2026 July

no.233
gather a cup of sunlight with a mirror
pour it into a sunless afternoon
listen to silence radiate
一杯の陽光を鏡で集める それを太陽のない部屋に注ぐ
静寂が光るのを聴く
@akarikomura
2026 June
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