Nozomi Omote

Performer/Educator/Composer

Nozomi Blog

  • Reflections on Shugorei’s First Self-Organised Concert

    Reflections on Shugorei’s First Self-Organised Concert

    Recently (Sat 4th Oct 2025), Shugorei held our very first concert that we organised entirely by ourselves — from booking the venue to managing every detail. The last time I personally organised a concert was my debut solo recital in 2006, followed by an improvised performance for electronics, piano, and percussion in 2007, and a Read more

  • Memories of Magic – coming soon

    Memories of Magic – coming soon

    Album release date – 25th September 2025 Album Launch party – 4th October 2025 Noz, Tom, and an extraordinary group of ten collaborating musicians from around Australia, invoke a prodigious number and variety of instruments: more keyboard percussion than you could shake a stick at; frog guiros; thunder tube; guzheng; baryton; rebek; gamelan; timpani; classical Read more

  • Septet for the End of Messiaen- Ensemble Sooon – coming sooon!

    Septet for the End of Messiaen- Ensemble Sooon – coming sooon!

    This is the concert information coming soon. MADE NOW MUSIC is delighted to be launching the 3rd album of the Brisbane juggernaut Ensemble Sooon – “Septet for the End of Messiaen” which is a brilliant new collection of works from the pen of of Martin Kay and the collective mind of Ensemble Sooon. Supported by Read more

  • Shugorei updates

    Shugorei updates

    Shugorei has been busy with several appearances recently.On Saturday 17 May, we played at the Kids Carnival at Arana Hills Library. Then on Saturdays 21 and 28 June, we performed for Make Music Month at Caboolture Library. On Saturday 6 July, we were guests on Rusted Satellites on 4ZZZ radio, and most recently, on Sunday Read more

  • The Piano Mill

    The Piano Mill

    I was lucky to be invited to play at The Piano Mill – 10th Anniversary. “Made of Wood” Sunday April 20 2025 Artistic Director: Vanessa Tomlinson Co-producers: Harrigans Lane Collective and Clocked Out Playing with Vanessa Tomlinson is always a pleasure, and I would describe this Piano Mill experience as if Vanessa’s dream had come Read more

  • Roboto

    Roboto

    People don’t believe this, but I am shy. I need some time to start doing things in public. In Shugorei, Tom has been pushing my boundaries little by little, and now I feel comfortable writing a song and even singing it. Shugorei is about to release the first song I wrote for them as a Read more