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When Philip Glass chose Pauchi Sasaki to be

his protégé, it wasn’t to teach her how to write music.

‘It’s clear she can already do that,’ he says. ‘Instead

I thought I could help with showing her how to make

a living in the music world.’ A graduate of Mills College

in California, Sasaki has composed music for ilm,

video, dance, theatre and site-speciic installations

around the globe. ‘I was lucky to be able to spend a lot

of time with Philip on tour, from Japan to Amsterdam,

then at home in New York,’ she says. Over the year she

developed her latest piece, Gama, which she performs

in her homemade speaker dress against a projected

backdrop of digital points that resolve into a hollow

image of herself. ‘I learned so much from Philip, but the

main thing he has taught me is to live in each moment.’

Music

The Rolex Arts Initiative’s
mentor and protégé
past pairings since its
inception in 2002

Mentors & Protégés

ARCHITECTURE

(category added

in 2012)

2014 – 2015

PETER ZUMTHOR, SWITZERLAND

GLORIA CABRAL, PARAGUAY

DANCE

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2012 – 2013

KAZUYO SEJIMA, JAPAN

YANG ZHAO, CHINA

2014 – 2015

ALEXEI RATMANSKY, RUSSIA

MYLES THATCHER, US

2012 – 2013

LIN HWAI-MIN, TAIWAN

EDUARDO FUKUSHIMA, BRAZIL

Philip Glass

Pauchi Sasaki

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