Hiroyuki Itoh (b. 1963, Sakata , Japan ) received his PhD in music from the University of California , San Diego in 1994. He studied composition with Joji Yuasa, Shin-ichiro Ikebe, Brian Ferneyhough, and Roger Reynolds. His awards include the first prize at the Nuove Sincronie International Composition Competition (1995), a Stipendienpreis at the Darmstadt Ferienkurse (1996), and the Akutagawa Composition Award for Orchestral Music (1998). He has been commissioned by the Suntory Music Foundation, the Akiyoshidai Festival, the Yokohama Culture Foundation, the Klangspuren Festival, the Museum of Modern Art Saitama , the Izumi & Kioi Halls, and Music From Japan, among others. His works have been performed at major festivals such as Darmstadt, Gaudeamus, ISCM World Music Days (2000 in Luxembourg, 2004 in Switzerland), Klangspuren, June in Buffalo, Akiyoshidai, and Takefu, and by orchestras and ensembles such as the New Japan Philharmonic, Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra, Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra, Izumi Sinfonietta Osaka, Art Respirant, Nieuw Ensemble, Klangforum Wien, and the Arditti Quartet. His work has been published by the Japan Federation of Composers and Ricordi, and recorded on Einstein Records ( New York ), ALM Records ( Tokyo ) and MusicScape ( Tokyo ). Itoh currently lives in Tokyo . http://www.musicscape.net/itoh.html