KiMani Bridges
KiMani (Key-Mahn-ee) Bridges (age 22) is a composer and flutist from Louisville, Kentucky. She has been commissioned, performed, and premiered by the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, the Louisville Symphony Orchestra, LA Philharmonic, among others. KiMani has performed at venues including Indiana University, the University of Louisville, and the Kentucky Center for the Arts. In addition, KiMani has participated in bespoken, the Imani Winds Chamber Music Festival, and the São Paulo Contemporary Composers Festival. She received an honorable mention from the 2022 ASCAP Morton Gould Composer Awards. KiMani earned her B.M. in composition with a flute concentration from the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University in 2024. She is now pursuing her masters in composition as a proud recipient of a Kovner Fellowship at The Juilliard School.