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Yoshie
Akimoto • Piano
Yoshie Akimto has enjoyed a distinguished career as a soloist,
chamber musician and teacher. She first achieved recognition
in her native Japan at age ten when she won first prize in
the prestigious All-Japan Student competition. She made her
debut at age 13 with the Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra. She
is also a winner of the International JS Bach competition
in Washington DC and has performed throughout the US, Europe
and Japan. Ms. Akimoto studied at Juilliard with James Friskin
and Sascha Gorodnitzsky and also with Guido Agosti at the
Acadamia Chigiana in Siena, Italy. |
| Her activities as a teacher include
frequent master classes and coaching at The Juilliard School
and other colleges, and she has served as a juror in various
national and international competitions. As a Duo partner
with cellist Allison Eldredge, she has performed at the Concertgebouwe,
Amsterdam; Moscow Conservatory Hall; Queen Elizabeth Hall,
London;Casals Hall and Suntory Hall, Tokyo; Symphony Hall
in Osaka;Kennedy Center in Washington DC; Ravinia in Chicago;
Royce Hall in Los Angeles;Symphony Hall in San Francisco;
and the 92 Street Y in New York City. She directs the Akimoto
Music Studio in Southern California, New York, and Connecticut
from which many prize winning students have emerged. |
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