Kimi Sato (born 5 March 1949) is a Japanese composer. Biography She was born in Sendai where she studied with Yoshiro Irino and graduated from the Toko Gakuen School of Music in Tokyo. She continued her studies at the Paris Conservatory with Olivier Messiaen, graduating in 1978. She returned to Japan in 1981 and was awarded the Prix de Rome in 1984, becoming the first foreign recipient of the prize. Works Selected works include: Espace (1974) Aillerus... (1984) le cadre blanc (1972) Beyond Space, Sound (1976) le blu du ciel (1977) Further reading Messiaen 2008 : Messiaen au Conservatoire : contributions du Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris aux célébrations de la naissance d'Olivier Messiaen References 1949 births 20th-century classical composers 20th-century Japanese composers 20th-century Japanese women musicians 20th-century women composers 21st-century classical composers 21st-century Japanese composers 21st-century Japanese women musicians 21st-century women composers Japanese classical composers Japanese women classical composers Living people