Kie Ishii

Born in Fukuoka, Japan, she started playing the flute at the age of 10.
Second prize at the 88th Japan Music Competition. Awarded first prize and the Masao Yoshida Prize in the Solo Section of the 19th Japan Flute Convension Competition. First prize in the General Section of the Tsukuba Flute Competition 2018, together with the Yu Nakano & Noboru Wakabayashi Prize and the Kinji Tobe Prize. Selected for the 25th Japan Woodwind Competition, flute section. Grand Prix in all categories and the Prefectural Governor's Prize at the 62nd Kitakyushu Art Festival Classical Competition. Scholarship recipient of the Rohm Music Foundation in 2021. Performed as soloist with the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra and Yokohama Sinfonietta. She has also made numerous guest appearances with orchestras. Graduated from Fukuoka Daiichi High School, Music Department. After studying at Toho Gakuen Junior College of Arts, she completed the flute major with first prize. Completed the training course at the Toho Orchestra Academy. Studied at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. Performed in the 40th Japan Flute Society flute debut recital. Participated in the Seiji Ozawa Music School Opera Project XIV. She has studied flute under Satomi Uchino, Misako Sou, Ryu Noguchi, Ayako Takagi, Vincent Lucas and Vissens Prats, and flauto traverso under Kanae Kikuchi.
Currently a student at the Paris Ecole Normale Conservatoire.