Yuko Kawai
This talented young music performer born in Nagoya, Japan, is a prize winner of Frédéric Chopin International Piano Competition at Mariánské Lázne in the Czech Republik. She lives in poland and performs in Europe and Japan.
After graduating from Kikuzato Music High School, Nagoya, she continued her studies at the Arts and Music University in Aichi, with Professor Atsuko Oohori. She obtained her MA degree in Professor Both Lehel`s class at the Franz Liszt Academy of music in Budapest. Between 1991-1994, she continued her piano edukation at the Frédéric Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw, unter the tutorship of Professor Jan Ekier. In 1995, she performed at the"Chopin chez George Sand" Festival in Nohant (France), and at the International Festival in Lvov (Ukraine). In the same year she participated in the 13th International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw, where she won the recognition of the critics, audience and jury.
Yuko Kawai began to perform during her studies, when she took part in the series of recital called "CDC Artists Presentation " in Nagoya, performing works by R.Schumann, A.Schönberg, A.Berg, A.Webern, as well as Chopin recitals. Since 1996, she has regularly performed in recitals and with orchestra in Poland, Japan, France, Germany, Holland, The Chech Republik and Ukraine. She has already made a nymber of recordings for the Polish Radio and television.