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Yukiko Nishimura

Yukiko Nishimura, Composer / Pianist, was born in Kyoto, Japan. She graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts in 1990. In 1991, she began private study with Dr. Alfred Reed at the University of Miami, and in 1993 she continued her studies with Dr. Richard Danielpour at Manhattan School of Music. Among her honors, are the special mention at the 15th and 26th International Competition for Original Composition for band in Corciano, Italy, and the 6th Aoyama Award. Since 1996, she has given concerts consisting entirely of her own music in Japan. She gave a solo piano recital at New York Public Library, Donnell Library Center in 2003. In 2005, the commissioned work for the first silent film in the United States “Edison’s 1910 Frankenstein” for string quartet was premiered in Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania by Covington String Quartet. The music for the silent film “The Water Magician” directed by Kenji Mizoguchi in 1933 was premiered in 2007. In 2010, a theatrical work “Fantasy of Kenji” based on the stories by Kenji Miyazawa was premiered. In 2014, she collaborated with Noh play, which is Japanese traditional theater work, as a composer and a pianist. In 2017, her piano work was performed by America’s famous pianist Sara Davis Buechner at Carnegie Hall’s Weille Recital Hall. The work got some good reviews in the New York Times, New York Concert Reviews, and more. In 2020, She was involved in a theatrical project titled "Chiko" as a composer. "Chiko was premiered in Kyoto, Japan. Ms. Nishimura has received numerous commissions and has composed for piano, marimba, percussion, chamber music, band music, music for string instruments, and orchestra. She has also been active as a pianist and an arranger. Her recent works were nominated in the category of Contemporary Classical for the 8th, 9th, 10th, and 12th Hollywood Music in Media Award. She has studied composition with Atsutada Otaka, Dr. Alfred Reed, Dr. Richard Danielpour, and Giampaolo Bracali, piano with Ivan Davis and Dr. Sara Davis Buechner. She now resides in Los Angeles, CA.

New York, NY

Music

Videos

Summer Triangle piano reduction version, full recording

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