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Kenji Sakai “Hyperlink” etc.. 

Ryoko Aoki (voice), Hiroaki Takaha (conductor), ensemble muromachi 

Kenji Sakai was born in Osaka (Japan) in 1977. After studying piano and composition in Japan, with Yoko Kubo, Kei Kondo then with Syuichi Maeda and Hinoharu Matsumoto at Kyoto University of Fine Arts and Music, he residents in Paris since 2002 and studied composition, electronics and analysis with Frédéric Durieux, Allain Gaussin, Marco Stroppa, Luis Naon, Claude Ledoux and Michaël Levinas at Paris National Superior Conservatory, then with Michael Jarrell at Geneva Conservatory. 

From 2007 to 2009, he has been a participant of cursus under Yan Maresz at Ircam. 

His works are premiered by Ensemble Contrechamps, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, Tokyo Sinfonietta or Ensemble Intercontemporain which premiered “Astral/Chromoprojection” at Centre Pompidou (Paris) etc…
For the 2009-2010 season, his works will be played at Festival Agora (Paris), Festival Acanthes (Centre Pompidou-Metz), Suntory Summer Festival (Suntory Hall, Tokyo), Festival Musica (Strasbourg) etc… His new work for symphony orchestra, “Nebulous Nix” will be premiered by Lucerne Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jonathan Nott in May 2011. 

Since 2003, he won several scholarships and awards: Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs, Rohm Music Foundation, Nomura Foundation, SACEM and Grand prix of George Enescu International Competition (2007), First prize of Toru Takemitsu Composition Award (judge: Helmut Lachenmann, 2009), Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne Award (2010) etc…