Mie Ogura

Born in Japan 1973, Mie Ogura started to play the flute at age 7.
In 1989, she finished her studies at the Takamatsu Music Highschool in Japan and obtained the first price in the National students’ Flute Competition in Osaka.

In 1994, Mie Ogura moved to France,and in 1999 graduated with DiplÙme SupÈrieur from Conservatoire National SupÈrieur de Musique de Paris under Pierre-Yves Artaud and Sophie Cherrier.. then obtained an improvisation diploma under the tutelage of Alain Savouret.
She also studied baroque flute with Pierre SÈchet and jazz improvisation with Glenn Ferris, Pascal Gaubert and Jean-Charles Richard, as well as indian music with Patrick Moutal.
In 2001 she obtained a scholarship from the Academia Musicale de Siena(Italy) under AurËle Nicolet(flute) and Alain Meunier(chamber music), also worked with the composer Franco Donatoni who highly appreciates her playing.

Since 1995 Mie Ogura has appeared regulary as a soloist and chamber musician with different ensembles and orchestras,among others,Ensemble L’ItinÈraire,Ensemble Entretemps,Orchestre de Chambre de Paris,under the direction of directors such as Peter Eotvos,Mark Foster,Zolt Nagy and others.

Mie Ogura has recorded with the ensemble Triton2 (Label MFA,France) , Ensemble Ourkouzounov (Label KLE,Italy) and duo with Atanas Ourkouzounov (Gendai Guitar-Japan 2006), also edited the jazz flute beginners book ´†Flute Jazz Coffeebreak†ª, published in 2005 at Edition Trim(Japan).

Flute professor at the Conservatoire “Jacques Ibert” inParis.