Dai Fujikura is a London-based composer born in Osaka, Japan, in 1977. After moving to the UK at fifteen, he later studied with Sir George Benjamin.

In 2020, Fujikura's opera A Dream of Armageddon, based on H. G. Wells' story of the same name, premiered at the New National Theatre Tokyo and was selected as a "Best of the Year" production by numerous music magazines. That same year, his Fourth Piano Concerto, Akiko's Piano, commemorating the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, was released by Sony Music. His orchestral work Entwine has been performed by orchestras including the WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln and the New York Philharmonic.

His orchestral work Wavering World was commissioned by the Seattle Symphony and has subsequently been performed by orchestras around the world. His music theatre work Metamorphosis of a Living Room, created in collaboration with theatre director Toshiki Okada, has been staged internationally, including in Japan.

Fujikura has composed four operas: SOLARIS (2015), co-commissioned by several European opera houses; The Gold-Bug (2018), commissioned by Theater Basel; A Dream of Armageddon (2020), commissioned by the New National Theatre Tokyo; and The Great Wave (2026), an opera about the life of Katsushika Hokusai, commissioned by Scottish Opera and premiered in February 2026.

His collaborations span a wide range of genres, working with artists including Ryuichi Sakamoto and David Sylvian. For the film Mitsubachi to Enrai (LISTEN TO THE UNIVERSE), he composed Spring and Asura.

Fujikura has composed extensively for traditional Japanese instruments as well as European period instruments. From 2017 to 2026, he served as Artistic Director of the Born Creative Festival at Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre, and since October 2024 he has been Music Director of Izumi Sinfonietta Osaka.

His music has been recorded on labels including NMC, Kairos, Sony Music and Fujikura's own label, Minabel Records. He has received numerous awards, including an Ivor Novello Award and the Silver Lion from the Venice Biennale.