Yukiko Nishimura
Born in Kyoto, Japan, Yukiko Nishimura began composing music of her own volition at an early age. She started taking piano lessons at the age of four and learned to compose music starting at age seven. After graduating from Tokyo University of the Arts as a composition major, she continued her study at the University of Miami in Florida and Manhattan School of Music.
She has commissioned many works for performers, performing groups, and organizations alike. Among her notable projects, she composed music for “Edison’s Frankenstein 1910,” the first silent horror film in American film history, and collaborated on works for traditional Japanese theater projects with Noh Play. More than a hundred of her works have been published by leading American and Japanese publishers.
Among her honors are a special mention at the 15th and 26th International Competition for Original Composition for Band in Corciano, Italy, and the 6th Aoyama Award. She won the second prize for the piano concerto competition at the University of Miami. In recent years, she has been nominated for the 8th, 9th, 10th, and 12th Hollywood Music in Media Awards in the “Contemporary Classical” category.
Yukiko studied composition with Atsutada Otaka, Alfred Reed, Richard Danielpour, and Giampaolo Bracali, and piano with Ivan Davis and Sara Davis Buechner. She is a member of the Society of Composers and Lyricists, the American Society of Music Arrangers and Composers, and ASCAP.