Naomi Sekiya was born in Japan. She holds Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees from the University of California Los Angeles, and Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees from the University of Southern California. Her orchestra works include Concerto for Two Guitars and Orchestra (2003, premiered by the Berkeley Symphony and Duo Astor, Kent Nagano, conductor), Undulation (2002, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra and Olari Elts), Sinfonia delle Ombre (2001, first movement by Warsaw Philharmonic), Deluge (2000, Los Angeles Philharmonic and Sir Simon Rattle), and Blue Echoes (1999, Orchestra of Colouras, Athens). Numerous ensembles and individuals including Quartetto D'Archi di Torino, the Minneapolis Guitar Quartet, Torio Cadenza Guitares (Belgium), Los Angeles Chamber Singers, Thornton Contemporary Music Ensemble, Chicago Symphony principal tubist Gene Pokorny, Frederic Zigante and Shinichi Fukuda have performed her chamber compositions. Ms. Sekiya has already won several prizes in international competitions including the Witold Lutoslawski International Competition for Composers (2001), an Ojai Music Festival Award (2000), the Dimitris Mitropoulos International Composition Competition (1999), and the Michele Pittaluga International Composition Competition for Classical Guitar (both 1998 and 1999). Her works have been published by Berben.
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