Japanese composer and media artist Hibiki Mukai explores a diverse range of musical and multimedia genres, driven by a persistent fascination with emerging technologies. His works— spanning from live-electronic music using cutting-edge computation to traditional Japanese music —reflect his expansive artistic insight.

He has received numerous international awards, including the Lawson-May Award [UK], Mitsui Group 350th Aniversary Award [Japan], 1st Prize at The Matan Givol International Composers Competition [Israel], "Marin Goleminov" International Composition Prize [Bulgaria], Festival Musica Academy’s Prize 2018 in Strasbourg, 1st Prize at the ORDA-2019 Composition Competition [Netherlands], 1st Prize at the 84th Music Competition of Japan as well as the 33rd ACL Young Composers Prize.

He has been commissioned by notably the IRCAM - Centre Pompidou, NHK, Festival Musica Strasbourg, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, CEAM, Ukrainian Institute (the Foreign Affairs), and Gaudeamus Music Week. Furthermore, his works have been selected for the B!ME [Lyon], Artist Residency at Césaré Centre National de Création Musicale, [Reims], Elektro Arts [Cluj-Napoca], and Jurgenson Competition [Moscow]. To date, he has been awarded scholarships by the Rohm Music Foundation, Kakehashi Foundation, Yamaha Music Foundation, and the Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan.

Hibiki received his Bachelor’s degree from the Toho Gakuen School of Music in Tokyo and completed his Master's in Sonology at the Royal Conservatoire of the Hague in 2019. Hibiki is currently based in Porto to pursue a PhD in Digital Media at the University of Porto, supported by Mitsui Group and Nomura Art Foundation.

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