(b. 1967)
Compositions on rental by Theodore Presser Co.:
*Bright Moon for Wind Ensemble
*Harvest Moon
for Orchestra
[3*3*3*3* 2 Saxes 4331 Timp+5 Pno Hp Str]
BIOGRAPHY
Yukiko Nishimura, Composer/Pianist, was born in Japan in 1967. She graduated from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music in 1990. She studied with Alfred Reed at the University of Miami and Richard Danielpour at the Manhattan School of Music. Among her honors are special mention at the 15th International Competition for Original Composition for Band in Corciano, Italy for Bright Moon, 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. She gave a solo piano recital at New York Public Library, Donnell Library Center in 2003. In 2005 her newest commissioned work (for the first silent film in the United States, “Edison’s 1910 Frankenstein”) for string quartet was premiered at Gettysburg College, Pennsylvania by Covington String Quartet of Washington D.C. Ms. Nishimura has received numerous commissions and has composed solo piano and marimba music, chamber music, and music for band and orchestra. She has also been active as an arranger. She also studied composition with Teruyuki Noda, Atsutada Otaka, Yuzuru Shimaoka, and Gianpaolo Bracali. She studied piano with Ivan Davis and Dr. Sara Davis Buechner.