Reiko Yamada

Reiko Yamada is a composer and sound artist originally from Hiroshima, Japan. Yamada holds a D.Mus in music composition from McGill University, and is a recipient of numerous prestigious awards and fellowships. She was a Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study of Harvard University, the artist-in-residence at IEM (Institut für Elektronische Musik und Akustik), the Innovator-in-Residence at Colorado College, and the S+T+ARTS resident artist. Her various projects have been commissioned and/or funded by New Music USA, the Canada Council for the Arts, IRCAM (the Institute for Research and Coordination in Acoustics/Music), CIRMMT (the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Music Media and Technology), the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, Armitage Gone! Dance, the Zentrum für Orgelforschung der Kunstuniversität Graz, and the European Commission, among others. Her works have been presented at venues such as the Metropolitan Museum Breuer (New York), and Sónar Festival (Barcelona). She is currently a postdoctoral researcher at ICFO (Institute for Photonic Sciences) in Barcelona.