haruhikobayashisound@gmail.com@haruhi_

Haruhi


Photo by Nemo Chen

Bio




Haruhi Kobayashi is a Chicago-based musician and sound artist. Originally from Tokyo, Haruhi began her career as a Japanese-pop singer-songwriter, releasing solo albums and composing for TV and film. Throughout her formative years in the Japanese pop industry, she became interested in the underlying social and emotional connotations and conditions of her own voice and the inextricable ties between one’s voice and their identity. She started to manipulate her voice into unidentifiable sounds, liberating it from its “human” constraints. Her recent body of work navigates the liminal space between the voice and its identity, and the simplicity and joys of songwriting with themes of tradition, love, fear, and humanity. Her work intersects experimental pop, classical composition and avant-garde songwriting through voice, bass, and electronics. She invites audiences to engage with both familiar and unexpected sonic textures. She is currently the High Concept Labs FAR resident 2025.



Photo:
June 22nd 2023, Constellation, Chicago IL
Chicago Film Archive Media Mixer, partnered with Zachary Hutchinson
Photo by CFA





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Upcoming



Slow Bell Trio with Guests: Katie Ernst, Haruhi Kobayahsi, P.M. Tummala
Hungry Brain | Chicago, IL
March 27 (Thu) , 2025 | 9:00 PM

https://wl.seetickets.us/event/slow-bell-trio-and-guests/636763?afflky=HungryBrain


Friends for FOLK
bim bom studios | Chicago. IL
April 11 (Fri) , 2025 | 7:00pm

https://www.amandamaraist.com/folk-2025
 

Freedom From Freedom To

Elastic Arts | Chicago, IL
April 12 (Sat), 2025 | 7:00 PM

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/freedom-from-and-freedom-to-tickets-1245153069349?aff=oddtdtcreator

Previous


Xiaoyue Zhang: Braiding Water

JACK | Brooklyn, NY
January 17 (Fri), 2025 | 7:30 PM
January 18 (Sat), 2025 | 3:00 PM
January 18 (Sat), 2025 | 7:30 PM

https://www.jackny.org/xiaoyue-zhang-braiding-water

Peixuan Ouyang | Sound Bleeds Closing Gallery

Roman Susan | Chicago, IL
December 16 (Mon) , 2024 | 8:00 PM

https://romansusan.org/SOUND-BLEEDS


Select Works




ELASTRO AV Night 2: Curated by Clark Woods, Taylor Dye, Gordon Fung
Elastic Arts | Chicago, IL
October 13 2024

Ft. Melon Sprout, Brandon McAlinden, Kim Nucci, Haruhi Kobayashi, Juan Flores, Deirdre Fromberg, Jordan Paine, Slugscape
Sonic Playground IV by Haruhi Kobayashi

Recorded at Elastic Arts
Videography by Kishino Takagishi
Audio Recording and Mixing by Evan Watkins
Freedom from Freesom To (Set 1)
Elastic Arts | Chicago IL
December 2 2024


Ft. Musicians: Paige Brown, Sharon Udoh, Haruhi Kobayashi
Dancers: Gaby Martinez, Sara Zalek

Paige Naylor x Haruhi Kobayashi 2024 Tour
CUSP | Cleveland, OH
September 7, 2024
KYLYN Festival Concert | Here/Now
Ann Arbor District Library | Ann Arbor, MI
May 25 2024

Ft. Kioto Aoki
Haruhi 1st First Album “Inside Out” Release Teaser