Sumio Kobayashi
Japanese composer. He began receiving formal musical training in 1985, excelling at the piano and composition. Having studied with Joji Yuasa and Hiroyuki Itoh, he won the I.C.O.M.S. 29 Concorso Internazionale di Composizione, Gyeongsangnam-do Special Prize at Isang Yun Prize, the Toru Takemitsu Composition Award and First Prize at International Composers’ Competition European Capital of Culture Wrocław 2016 (Poland). He has appeared at festivals such as the Takefu International Music Festival.