HIRANO, Mayu

Born in Yokohama in 1979, she composeswith a focus on sensory perception, auditory memory, cognitive psychology, and the limits of human cognition. After graduating from Tokyo University of the Arts in 2003 in musicology, and from the CRR with the SACEM Composition Prize, she was a researcher at IRCAM in Paris from 2014 to 2015. In 2018, her commissioned work Toucher premiered on Radio France, where Hugues DUFOURT introduced her as a promising composer succeeding the legacy of the French music scene. She has received commissions from Radio France, Ensemble Intercontemporain, IRCAM, and the Centre Pompidou – Musée national d’art moderne. They are frequently broadcast on radio stations worldwide.