About me

Music has been a constant presence in my life since childhood.
It has shaped how I listen, how I think, and how I engage with the world.

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Born in Japan, I earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Osaka College of Music and continued my studies in Paris at the École Normale de Musique de Paris. I have performed in concerts and recitals and appeared as a concerto soloist in Japan, France, and Canada. My musical path has included festivals such as the International Keyboard Institute and Festival in New York, the Toronto Summer Music Festival, the Scotia Festival of Music, the Académie Internationale d’Interprétation de Piano, and the Flaine Musique Festival.
Through these experiences, I received coaching from distinguished artists including Alicia de Larrocha, Menahem Pressler, Peter Frankl, and André Laplante.

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Teaching has been an equally central part of my professional life.
With more than twenty-five years of experience, I work with students of all ages and levels. Lessons are shaped to respond to each student’s individual goals, abilities, and stage of development, allowing them to grow steadily and independently over time.

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My work moves between Holistique Pianism, Origins of Music, and Metamorphosis, tracing how playing, listening, and change shape musical life.

 

Music is a universal language.
In music and in artistic creation, borders dissolve. Teaching, for me, is a way of engaging with something fundamentally human, and of sharing what cannot always be expressed in words.

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Practice is not about pushing toward an outcome.
Small, attentive steps accumulate over time. Through experience, students begin to sense progress for themselves, and that recognition sustains their commitment.

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Performance is always part of my thinking as a teacher.
Practice is preparation for sharing music. Drawing on my experience as a performer, I guide students with a realistic understanding of what it means to prepare, to step onto a stage, and to grow through that process.