Alec Toku Whiting is a composer, improviser, multi-instrumentalist, and programmer from Yokohama, Japan, currently based in York, England. He makes music on the koto, electronic instruments, and the computer.
Alec's music has been performed in the United States, France, Spain, Australia, and Japan. He has collaborated with musicians inclusing Mark Fell, the Mivos Quartet, Wendy Eisenberg, Lina Tullgren, Ted Reichman, Jan Williams, Rhea Burdick, and Isaac Roth Blumfield. As a performer, Alec has premiered pieces by Eva-Maria Houben, Miya Masaoka, and Anthony Coleman. In 2022, in collaboration with Lina Tullgren, Alec released Unfamiliar Ceilings, an album of improvised music for koto and violin on the label Astral Spirits. His perfomances has been featured on compilations by people | places | records and Ted Reichman.
Alec holds a Bachelor of Music from New England Conservatory in Boston, Massachusetts where he lived for many years, and is currently pursuing an MSc in Audio and Music Technology at University of York. He loves the San Diego Padres and the Boston Celtics.
