NICOLÁS MELMANN – JAPAN TOUR 2026 presenting Música Aperta

Before you go

Argentine sound artist Nicolás Melmann brings Música Aperta to Kyoto, a work that uses sound to ask how we perceive time.

The electroacoustic piece is also an audiovisual performance. The Japan tour visits 13 cities and 18 venues, collaborating with local artists at each stop.

Born in Argentina in 1981, Melmann studied composition at the National University of Quilmes and took a master's in sound art at the University of Barcelona. Alongside instruments he works with sensors, hydrophones, field recordings and data sonification, across electronic, electroacoustic and generative music, with six albums to date. His work has been presented at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and the Seoul Museum of Art, as well as at MUTEK and Sónar Buenos Aires.

In Kyoto he shares the night with Hirotaka Shirotsubaki, Polar M and Kazuya Matsumoto, four musicians building a one-night-only soundscape together.

• Under-25 tickets ¥1,500

Booking

Advance ¥3,500, door ¥4,000, plus one drink; under-25 ¥1,500. Shows with advance prices can be booked via the venue reservation page.