Kenji Williams - BELLA GAIA Founder, Creative Director, Composer, &Violinist
Kenji Williams is a composer and director for multi-media live theater, immersive fulldome planetariums, and interactive datavisualization.
Williams explores the nexus of art and science through collaborations as diverse as astronaut Koichi Wakata orbiting live aboard the International Space Station, consciousness researcher Deepak Chopra, top world music musicians, and institutions such as NASA, UNEP, and the Denver Museum of Nature & Science.
With over 30 years of music experience in performance, composition and production, 20 years of film direction and production, and 10 years in live immersive theater, Williams expresses his work around the world, at performing arts theaters, museums, and conferences such as, TEDx, Aspen Institute, Smithsonian, Guggenheim Museum, Strathmore, Winspear Opera House, UNESCO, U.S. Dep State, and film soundtracks
Combining unique skills in film and music, Williams has earned international film awards from the Canadian Society of Cinematographers, Sundance Film Festival, Science Media Awards, Best Soundtrack Composition at the Macau International Fulldome Film Festival, and has garnering media exposure from the BBC, NPR, PBS, USA Today, Huffington Post, and Washington Post.
Williams explores the nexus of art and science through collaborations as diverse as astronaut Koichi Wakata orbiting live aboard the International Space Station, consciousness researcher Deepak Chopra, top world music musicians, and institutions such as NASA, UNEP, and the Denver Museum of Nature & Science.
With over 30 years of music experience in performance, composition and production, 20 years of film direction and production, and 10 years in live immersive theater, Williams expresses his work around the world, at performing arts theaters, museums, and conferences such as, TEDx, Aspen Institute, Smithsonian, Guggenheim Museum, Strathmore, Winspear Opera House, UNESCO, U.S. Dep State, and film soundtracks
Combining unique skills in film and music, Williams has earned international film awards from the Canadian Society of Cinematographers, Sundance Film Festival, Science Media Awards, Best Soundtrack Composition at the Macau International Fulldome Film Festival, and has garnering media exposure from the BBC, NPR, PBS, USA Today, Huffington Post, and Washington Post.
