Biographie EN.

Born in Japan, Ezko Kikoutchi studied organ with Tetsuro Tominaga, Koichiro Hayashi, Takuo Shimura and Yumyo Katsuki. She also studied piano, vocal music, Gregorian chant, harmony and counterpoint at St. Catherine Women’s Junior College (Japan). She graduated as a music teacher. She is also selected for the young organist concert in Musashino, a city in Tokyo Prefecture.

Ezko Kikoutchi moved to Switzerland in 1997 to study organ at the Haute Ecole de Musique in Lausanne, in the class of Keï Koito. She obtained her diploma of virtuosity, as well as the first prize with the congratulations of the jury. As an organist, she studied with Andrzej Bialko in Krakow and Francis Jacob in Strasbourg. From 1998 to 2005, she was organist of the parish of Bellevaux - Saint-Luc in Lausanne. Since 2001, she has been the titular organist of the parish of Ecublens - Saint-Sulpice (Vaud). In 2024, she was appointed co-titular organist of the parish of Vaulion-Romainmôtier.

At the Haute Ecole de Musique in Lausanne, she took courses in composition, musical analysis and orchestration by William Blank. In 2006, she obtained a diploma in teaching theoretical subjects.

Since 2008, Ezko Kikoutchi has been studying composition at the Haute école des arts de Berne in the class of Eric Gaudibert and Xavier Dayer. She completed the first part of her studies with a Bachelor’s degree in 2010. She also takes courses in musical theatre with Françoise Rivalland and participates in Masterclasses with Klaus Huber, Vinko Globokar and William Blank.

His first Paetzold Recorder Concerto was performed in July 2011 by the soloist Céline Herrero as part of the Diplomkonzert der Studierenden im Master of Arts in Specialized Music Performance at the Haute École des Arts de Berne with the Orchestre symphonique de Berne. 
 

In 2012, Ezko Kikoutchi obtained the Swiss citizenship of Ecublens (Vaud). In the same year, the Federal Office of Culture supports one of her projects and she obtains a HEAB Master of Arts in Composition and Theory at the Haute école des arts de Berne, in the class of Xavier Dayer. After completing her studies, she was advised by composers José María Sánchez-Verdú and Nadir Vassena.

 

She receives commissions to compose works and collaborates with the Swiss Musicians' Association, the Nicati Competition Association, the Proton Bern ensemble, the Lucerne Festival Alumni, the NEC - Nouveau Ensemble Contemporain de la Chaux-de-Fonds, the Ensemble Inverspace of Basel, the Orchestre de la Suisse italienne, the Association Usinesonore, the collective We Spoke and the Ensemble Contrechamps of Geneva, the trio Saeitenwind, the Fx Kollektiv, Le Féstival Rümlingen, the Association des organites Romands and the trio Accanto.

 

She was selected to create a new piece at the Lucerne Festival 2016 with the Ensemble Lucerne Festival Alumni. 

In 2020, she signs the new sound of Espace 2, a true musical identity for classical radio from RTS (Radio Télévision Suisse) until 2025.

In 2024, she created a new piece for the 60th anniversary of the Concerts de Romainmôtier.