Sanae Ishida

Sanae Ishida was born in Nagasaki in 1979. In 2002, she studied the composition with Masayuki NAGATOMI and Ichirô NODAIRA at the Tokyo University of the Arts where she got the degree of composition.

She graduated in composition at the Conservatoire National Supérieur Musique et

Danse de Paris in 2007 where she attends the composition class of Alain Gaussin, Marco Stroppa and Gerard Pesson and also studied the electro-acoustic composition with Luis Naon, Tom Mays and Yann Geslin.

She was awarded the prizes of composition : Hervé Dugardin (SACEM), André Jolivet, a first prize at the international competition Francisco Escudero.

In 2019, she is invited by the Académie du festival Aix-en-Provence, to Woman Opera Makers Workshop mentored by Katie Mitchell.

In 2017, her works are played in festival Présences of Radio France by Accroche Note and at ISCM World music days 2017 by WolfGang (Vancouber).

She was a composer in residence with Linea ensemble in 2008 and received a scholarship for the season 2006/07 by the Agency of the cultural affairs of Japan.

She has received several commissions by French Ministry of Culture, Radio France, Linéa ensemble, Atlas ensemble, Accroche Note, Le Balcon, HanatsuMiroir, 2E2M, Fondation Francis et Mica Salabert, Talea ensemble and so on.

Her works are performed by Accroche Note, soloists of Ensemble Intercontemporain, Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France, Atlas, Le Balcon, Linéa , Orchestre National de National Orchestra, HanatsuMiroir and soloists such as Pierre Strauch, Françoise Kubler, Mihi Kim, Pierre-Yves Artaud, Marie-Andrée Joerger, Maricio Carrasco, Elise Chauvin, Mari Sano, Naomi Shirai, Masato Matsuura (martial artist) and Naomi Sato.

 She is a member of « Futures composés ».