Malika Kishino

Malika Kishino is one of those composers who quietly commands serious respect in circles that know what they're talking about. Born in Kyoto in 1971, she studied law at Doshisha before pivoting hard to music — which is a wild and fascinating move that tells you everything about how driven she must be. She ended up in France, trained at IRCAM in Paris (the place for serious contemporary music research), then settled in Cologne, and her work has been performed by the Berlin Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester, the NHK Symphony, Ensemble Musikfabrik — real heavy hitters. She talks about composing "sound organisms," works that grow from their own internal logic, and she weaves in electronics and Japanese instruments like the koto without leaning on cliché. No social media presence, minimal public profile — just the music doing the talking. Very Kyoto of her, honestly.

Malika Kishino is a Japanese composer born on July 16, 1971, in Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture. She studied at Doshisha University and has pursued a career in composition. She maintains an official website at malika-kishino.com. Most personal details remain private, reflecting her focus on her work over public profile.

Name (English)

Malika Kishino

Name (Japanese)

岸野末利加

Reading

きしの まりか

Born

July 16, 1971 (age 55)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Boar

Origin

Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

Composer

University

Doshisha University

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttps://www.malika-kishino.com/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B2%B8%E9%87%8E%E6%9C%AB%E5%88%A9%E5%8A%A0

Tags

• From Kyoto Prefecture
• Composer

Last updated

2026-06-02

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