Tomonari HIGAKI was born in 1974 in Yamaguchi, Japan. In Japan, he studied at Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts and Music. In France, he studied at the Summer Workshop of Ina-GRM, at the Conservatory of Perpignan with Denis DUFOUR and Jonathan PRAGER. His works have been performed in many countries, mainly in France as well as in Germany, Belgium, Japan, Italy, China, Israe, Korea, etc; broadcasted on the radio from the stations such as France Culture, France Musique and the WDR3 (in Germany); selected by the biennial radio art contest of the Muse en Circuit (2002), 18th The Japan Media Arts Festival (2014)... He composed several works by the commission of Ina-GRM, Motus, Syntax, Teion Duo, TriO+, Hiroaki Ooi, Koji Kawasaki...