From New York to Paris: Lico Nishimoto’s Very Modern Journey
Musician Lico Nishimoto composes music for film scores and fashion shows, and lives between Paris and Tokyo.
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Lico Nishimoto was born in Japan and began playing the piano at the age of 3, before writing her first compositions two years later. In 2004, after finishing university, she headed to New York. While in the United States, Lico Nishimoto worked with directors and various artists on film scores, among other projects. After three years, she packed her bags once more and left for Paris. In France, she composed music for fashion shows.
Over the course of her career, she has worked with numerous artists including Yohei Taneda, artistic director at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation, photographer Toshiya Suda from the Museum of Contemporary Art in Tokyo, and director Dario Moretti at the Festival Visioni di Futuro in Bologna in Italy.
Lico Nishimoto’s work can be found on her website and her Instagram account.
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