Ryoka Hagiwara M.A.
doctoral candidate, subproject B01
CRC 1671
Centrum für Asienwissenschaften und Transkulturelle Studien | CATS
Voßstraße 2
69115 Heidelberg
Tel: +49 (0)151 29699136
E-Mail: r.hagiwara@sfb1671.uni-heidelberg.de
about
Ryoka Hagiwara has studied piano performance, composition, and musicology in Japan and the UK. She holds a bachelor’s degree in piano performance from Showa University of Music in Kawasaki, graduating in 2023. She completed her master’s degree in composition from the University of Edinburgh in 2024 with a composition project and thesis focusing on cultural identity and music.
As a composer, she has scored multiple movies, as well as working on personal projects that explore identity and heritage. In 2024, she workshopped a composition with the Plus Minus Ensemble. Recently, she has also worked as a writer for UK-based interdisciplinary magazine The Cusp, and Scottish arts and culture magazine The Skinny.
Since September 2025, she has been participating in the CRC 1671 Home(s): Phenomena, Practices, Representations in subproject B01 In Search of Home – Music-Cultural Practice in East Asia as a doctoral candidate and researcher.
research emphasis
- Japanese music and instruments in the 19th and 20th centuries
- Sociomusicology
- Practice-based / informed research (composition and performance)
