Kimi Sato

Kimi Sato (born 5 March 1949) is a Japanese composer.

Biography

She was born in Sendai where she studied with Yoshiro Irino and graduated from the Toko Gakuen School of Music in Tokyo. She continued her studies at the Paris Conservatory with Olivier Messiaen, graduating in 1978. She returned to Japan in 1981 and was awarded the Prix de Rome in 1984, becoming the first foreign recipient of the prize.

Works

Selected works include: Espace (1974) Aillerus... (1984) le cadre blanc (1972) Beyond Space, Sound (1976) le blu du ciel (1977)

Further reading

Messiaen 2008 : Messiaen au Conservatoire : contributions du Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris aux célébrations de la naissance d'Olivier Messiaen

References

1949 births

20th-century classical composers

20th-century Japanese composers

20th-century Japanese women musicians

20th-century women composers

21st-century classical composers

21st-century Japanese composers

21st-century Japanese women musicians

21st-century women composers

Japanese classical composers

Japanese women classical composers

Living people