YUKO NAKAMICHI

Pianist Ikuyo Nakamichi is one of Japan's leading Beethoven specialists, and she has also performed and issued major recordings of Mozart's music. She is an important educator who has devised new ways of approaching classical music and transmitting its traditions. Nakamichi has performed with major orchestras in Europe, the U.S., and Japan, including the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin and the Pittsburgh Symphony. Between 2002 and 2006, she offered a four-year "Workshop for Discussing and Listening to Beethoven's 32 Sonatas." Nakamichi has been widely noted both within and beyond Japan for her educational projects. In 2000, she inaugurated a series of mini-concerts for children, and she often performs at hospitals and charity events. In 2004, Nakamichi began a complete series of Beethoven's sonatas on recordings. For the 30th anniversary of her debut, she issued the album Schumann Fantasie. Nakamichi released an album of music by Debussy in 2021.