Midori Hirano

Midori Hirano is a Berlin-based Japanese musician, composer, and sound artist originally from Kyoto. Rooted in classical piano, she explores the space between structure and abstraction, acoustic and electronic sound. Her music builds layered soundscapes from piano, synthesizers, field recordings, and processed electronics, bringing the harmonic thinking of her piano background into experimental sound.

She has worked with a diverse range of artists, including string player Atsuko Hatano on Water Ladder (2021, Alien Transistor), Hprizm of Anti Pop Consortium (Love Control, 2017, raster), Brueder Selke on Split Scale (2025, Thrill Jockey), CoH on Sudden Fruit (2025, Ici d'ailleurs) and Ilpo Väisänen of Pan Sonic, with whom she has performed live.

Her new solo album OTONOMA (February 2026) has been released on Thrill Jockey Records, followed by The Juniper Tree (October 2026), an album featuring her newly imagined score for Nietzchka Keene’s 1990 film of the same name, following its live premiere at Videodroom in Ghent in 2025. The album was released by VIERNULVIER Records, with the digital edition on Thrill Jockey Records.