Nina Fukuoka is a composer and performer born in Osaka, Japan. She graduated her studies in composition and music theory from the Academy of Music in Lodz, Poland and the Royal Conservatory of Brussels, Belgium. She is currently pursuing a doctorate in Music Composition at the Columbia University in New York, where she studies with Georg Friedrich Haas, Annie Gosfield, and Brad Garton.

Nina's works have been premiered at numerous festivals and venues in Europe, North America, and Japan; including Musica Privata festival in Lodz, Poland; De Munt/La Monnaie in Brussels, Belgium; Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ in Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Musica Polonica Nova festival in Wroclaw, Poland; Kody/Codes festival in Lublin, Poland; Either/Or Spring Festival; and have been performed by ensembles including the Arthur Rubinstein Lodz Philharmonic Orchestra, Koninklijke Muziekkapel De Gidsen, Wroclaw Improvising Orchestra, orkest de ereprijs, Hashtag Ensemble, Ensemble Garage, Ensemble Adapter, Ekmeles, Distractfold Ensemble. Recently, Nina’s works have been featured at Klangwerkstatt festival in Berlin, Warsaw Autumn, and Sacrum Profanum in Krakow.

With an international upbringing and as a result of being exposed to different cultural perspectives, Nina’s focuses center on the intricacies of modern reality. She writes music to convey extramusical meanings which often verbalize her identity, questions of womanhood and a place in this world. She explores possibilities of communicating through music and other contemporary media by superimposing latent meanings with distinct images, within the context of tradition and mass culture.

Her works inhabit a number of contemporary and experimental settings such as video scores and performance pieces with multimedia and live electronics, as well as orchestra and ensemble works. By maintaining collaborations with musicians, dancers and film artists, Nina continues to explore new possibilities for multi-disciplinary art.