Hitomi Kaneko

Hitomi Kaneko (金子 仁美) is a female Japanese classical music composer. Background Born in Japan in 1965, Ms. Kaneko graduated from the composition class at Toho Gakuen School of Music in 1988, and completed postgraduate studies in 1994. She went to study in France with a French Government scholarship in 1990. She then began to study at the Paris Conservatoire. She also attended the Summer Music Festivals in Avignon and Darmstadt with scholarships in 1992. In September 1997, she went to Paris to study at IRCAM. She is at present a full-time professor of Toho Gakuen School of Music. Awards and prizes * First Prize in the 6th Competition of French-Japanese Contemporary Composition (1988) * First Prize for Composition in the 59th Japan Music Competition (1990) * E. Nakamichi Prize (1990) * Awarded the 9th Muramatsu Prize (January 1997) Compositions Orchestral works * 悲しみの自乗 Tristesse (for orchestra)(1989)(First Prize and the E. Nakamichi Prize at the 59th Japan Music Competition, 1990): 8’ * ラ・ピエス La Piece (for 15 Players)(1993/94): 10’ * フルート協奏曲 Concerto (for Flute and Orchestra)(1995): 14’ * ル・プロセシュス Le Processus (for 15 Players)(1996): 15’ * 気配 尺八とオーケストラのための Kehai (for Shakuhachi and