Kimi Sato

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Kimi Sato
Born (1949-03-05) 5 March 1949 (age 72)
Other names佐藤 喜美
Occupationcomposer

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.[1][2]

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 ISBN 9782912541116

References[]

  1. ^ Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994). The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers (Digitized online by GoogleBooks). ISBN 9780393034875. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
  2. ^ Bunkakyoku, Jōhō (1983). Information bulletin Japan. Gaimushō.
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