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Biography
Born in Japan in 1995, Yuki Nakahashi studied composition with Ichiro Nodaira at the Tokyo University of the Arts, earning a master’s degree in composition. Since 2020 he has continued his studies at the Conservatoire de Paris with Stefano Gervasoni, Yan Maresz, Luis Naón, and Grégoire Lorieux, receiving a master’s diploma in 2025.
He often draws on outdoor soundscapes, attentive to their complexity and subtlety. Ideas gathered through fieldwork inform his development of vocal technique and harmonic language as he explores how musical organicity can be realized. This practice is sometimes tied to computer-assisted composition using OpenMusic and Max/MSP, through which he studies methods for translating objective acoustic phenomena into polysemic, personal musical contexts.
His works have been recognized in several competitions in Japan and abroad, including the 2nd Prize at the Geneva International Competition (2022) and the Jury Prize at the Quatuor Lontano Call (2025). In 2024, his Fanfare for the 10th Anniversary of the Radio France Auditorium was performed by the Orchestre National de France. In addition, his works have been performed by ensembles including Ensemble Intercontemporain, the Berg Orchestra, Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart, and the Tokyo Geidai Philharmonia.
He has received support from the Agency for Cultural Affairs (Japan), the Rohm Music Foundation, and the Kakehashi Foundation.