Sachie Kobayashi (1990) is a composer, currently based in Paris. Throughout her carrer she received several scholarships and grands, such as the Swiss Confederation Excellence Scholarship, the fellowship by the Program of Overseas Study for Upcoming Artists sponsored by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, Ville de Genève. Her works were presented worldwide and she worked with numerous ensembles and musicians including Klangforum Wien, Ensemble Modern, Ensemble Proton Bern, Ensemble Reconcil, mdi Ensemble, percussion CYTi etc. She won the impuls International Composition Competition 2023 (Vienna Austria), was shortlisted for the « World New Music Days 2021 » by ISCM, and was selected for « Protonwerk no. 11. » by ensemble Proton Bern (Switzerland). For her acousmatic work Kobayashi got « Special Mention » by Ars Electronica Forum Wallis Selection 2020. Her piece « I havenʼt known you yet » for orchestra and electronics was premiered by the HEM Orchestra, conducted by Pierre Bleuse in 2020. She studied at Haute École de Musique de Genève under Michael Jarrell, Luis Naon and Gilbert Nouno, where she received her masters degrees in composition (2020) and music education (2023). Kobayashi participated in the Cursus de composition et d'informatique musicale at IRCAM in 2021/2022 under Pierre Jodlowski. Before coming to Europe, Kobayashi studied with Akio Yasuraoka at the Tokyo University of Arts (GEIDAI) where she received her Bachelor of Composition. In 2018, she won the Acanthus Prize and the Taito Mayor Prize. She also received a bachelorʼs diploma in Cultural Creative Studies from Aoyama Gakuin University in Japan.