Eru Matsumoto’s album TRIVENI, created in collaboration with Chandrika Tandon and Wouter Kellerman, has been nominated for the Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album category at the 67th Grammy Awards.
“TRIVENI” is derived from a Sanskrit word meaning “the unicorn” or “confluence of three rivers”. This project aims to explore cultural roots, bridge different backgrounds, and offer an experience of healing through music.
Pathway to Light – Wouter Kellerman, Eru Matsumoto & Chandrika Tandon
Comment from Eru:
“The project was originally sparked by my scientific curiosity about whether sound and frequency could heal on a cellular level. This led to collaborations with professors in Cellular Bioengineering at UCI and a neuroscientist specializing in sleep medicine at Stanford. We are continuing this research because I believe sound will be the medicine of the future — and that musicians are all healers. I hope to be able to share some positive findings with all of you in the near future!”
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Featured in Forbes‘ 30 Under 30 Class of 2021, Eru is a Grammy-winning (2022 win, 2017 nominated) multimedia artist utilizing immersive technology and has been recognized as one of the world’s leading cellists of her generation. At the age of 16, Eru was accepted by the Juilliard School in New York City, under the tutelage of the late David Soyer. Her blossoming career has included a solo performance with the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra premiering the music of legendary composer John Williams, an appearance as a guest on FOX Morning News, Good Day LA, and featured in a Superbowl commercial for the Genesis GV80. Eru regularly performs with major artists such as Adele, Ariana Grande, ODESZA, Chance the Rapper, and Skrillex, appearing on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, as well as Demi Lovato, for which she received a Grammy Award nomination as a solo cellist on her album.
Eru is also known as a spokesperson of her generation, giving a TEDx talk in London focused on finding meaning and a calling in life, a second TEDx talk at Wake Forest, a keynote presentation at Lawrence University, and a lecture at Harvard University. She spearheaded a collaborative research project with Harvard University and a renowned astrophysicist called The Sound of Art, aimed at finding out “What might the most beloved paintings hanging in art museums actually sound like?” through the use of algorithms found within the paintings’ colors and brushstrokes. Her Beethoven’s X project involves composing music with the help of an AI to attempt to create what Beethoven may have written if he were alive today.
Eru is actively involved in charitable work, such as performing as a featured soloist for the Music for a Sustainable Planet conference, helping to create awareness of global climate issues presented by the United Nations at Carnegie Hall, and has performed as a guest soloist with the Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra as a Foreign Friendship Ambassador to premiere Chinese composer Peng-Peng Gong’s historical Rejuvenation Symphony, which was written for her.
Eru is an honored recipient of a lifetime loan of a world-class 1835 Italian cello sponsored by the venerable ALAGO ART & STRINGS GMBH in Germany.