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Haruna Sato
Born in Tomiya, Miyagi, Japan, composer Haruna Sato spent her childhood and early years in the city, where she developed a passion for music. She started piano lessons at age five and later began playing the clarinet at age twelve. After enrolling at Brigham Young University–Hawaii, she began exploring her creativity through composition and pursued a degree in general music with an emphasis on composition. She studied piano with Mariko Sawaguchi, clarinet with Mitsunori Kanou, and composition with Daniel Bradshaw and Daniel Henderson. She is currently pursuing a master’s degree in composition at Kyoto City University of Arts, where she studies composition with Kenji Sakai.
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