Hideko Kawamoto was born in Japan and started piano study at the age of nine. She studied composition (DMA) with Phil Winsor and piano (MM, BM) with Joseph Banowetz at University of North Texas followed by her post-doctoral study at Institut de Recherche et de Coordination Acoustique/Musique (IRCAM) in Paris. Her international awards include Concorso Internazionale "Luigi Russolo" (1st Prize, Italy), Pierre Schaeffer International Computer Music Competition (2nd Prize, Italy), Bourges International Competition of Electroacoustic & Sonic Art (Mention Award and Honorable Mention, France), Ear 01 International Electroacoustic Music Composing (Honorable Mention, Hungary) and Sonic Circuits International Festival Electronic Music Art (Composition Awards, USA). Her latest commissions include Arizona State University and Dream Zone label (France). She explores her sound imagination in instrumental, electronic, and combined compositions.

Her works have been performed in Eastern and Western Europe, North and South America, Africa, Asia, and Oceania. Kawamoto's can be heard on the Innova, Bonk, Acousmatica, Dream Zone, ICMC 2001, Centaur Records, Blue Pearl Records and SEAMUS labels.

As a pianist she was invited to perform at Cultural Exchange Station in T‡bor, Czech Republic in 2000. As an educator, she has served as Chair of Music Department and assistant professor at St. Andrews Presbyterian College in North Carolina from 2000 until 2003. Currently Kawamoto resides in Southern California.

Website: http://www.hidekokawamoto.com/