| Short Bio | Composer and pianist, Yukiko Nishimura, grew up in Japan. Ms. Nishimura graduated from Tokyo National University of Arts in 1990, where she studied with Atsutada Otaka. In 1991, she moved to Florida to 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. Other notable teachers include Ivan Davis, Dr. Sara Davis Buechner and Giampaolo Bracali.
As a composer, Ms. Nishimura has received numerous commissions and has written for many solo instruments, chamber groups, wind ensemble, strings, and full orchestra. She has composed the scores to several notable silent films in America and Japan, such as Edison’s “1910 Frankenstein,” and “The Water Magician,” directed by Kenji Mizoguchi, as well as collaborated with Noh Play, Japanese traditional theaters. Among her honors are the special mention at the 15th and 26th International Competition for Original Compositions for Band in Corciano, Italy, and the 6th Aoyama Award.
Ms. Nishimura is an active pianist that has given many solo concerts around the world, from Japan to the New York Public Library. |
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| Long Bio | Yukiko Nishimura, Composer/Pianist, was born in Japan in 1967.
Yukiko Nishimura graduated from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music in 1990.
In 1991, she began private study with Dr. Alfred Reed at the University of Miami School of Music 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, the 6th Aoyama Award, and the second prize at the concerto competition at University of Miami as a pianist.
Since 1996, she has given concerts consisting entirely of her own music in Japan.
In 2003, she gave a solo piano recital at New York Public Library, Donnell Library Center.
In 2005, her 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 of Washington D.C. In 2007, Nishimura's newest commissioned work for the Japanese silent film, directed by Kenji Mizoguchi, "Water Magician (1933)" for cello and string bass was premiered at Kyoto Cinema in Kyoto, Japan.
Yukiko Nishimura has received numerous commissions and has composed for piano, solo marimba and marimba with other instruments (including English horn, saxophone, and trumpet), chamber music, and music for string instruments and orchestra. She has also been active as a pianist and an arranger. She has studied composition with Teruyuki Noda, Atsutada Otaka, Yuzuru Shimaoka, Dr. Alfred Reed, Dr. Richard Danielpour, and Giampaolo Bracali. She studied piano with Ivan Davis and Dr. Sara Davis Buechner.
Her compositions are published from Edward B. Marks (New York), Southern Music Company(Texas), and Music Eight (Tokyo). |
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