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DESCRIPTION:Hosted by Brandon J.\nMusicians: Miki Aoki\n\nPraised for “ge
 nuinely memorable performance” by BBC Music Magazine\, pianist Miki Aoki
  is widely recognized for her diverse abilities as a pianist and collabora
 tive artist. \n   \nMs. Aoki records exclusively for German Label Hänssle
 r Profil. Her debut album\, comprised of the piano works of Zoltan Kodaly\
 , was released in the fall of 2011 and won critical acclaim. Her second CD
 \, ‘The  Belyayev Project’\, features fascinating compositions varying
  from solo  piano works by Liadow\, Glazunov and Blumenfeld to the express
 ive and  rhapsodic piano Trio by Rimsky-Korsakov. It was released in 2013.
  The Fanfare Magazine praised ‘The Belyayev Project’ as a “graceful\
 , expressive and transparent performance”\, and The Ensemble Magazine (G
 ermany) wrote\, “...pianist Miki Aoki interprets magically.” Her third
  CD\, ‘Mélancolie’\, was released in May 2016 and was awarded a  spec
 ial prize by the Japanese music magazine “Record Geijutsu”. ‘Tokyo S
 tory’\, was released in 2018. This recording is a world-premiere\, featu
 ring music from the films of Yasujiro Ozu in  their original piano manuscr
 ipt versions and has enjoyed an especially enthusiastic reception from the
  Japanese media.\n\nA frequent guest artist in prestigious concert series 
 and festivals around the world\, Ms. Aoki made her debut at age of 12 at t
 he Royal Festival Hall in London's South Bank Centre as a soloist with the
  National Symphony Orchestra. Ms. Aoki has performed on the stages of Carn
 egie Hall in New York City\, St. Martin-in-the Fields\, St. John’s Smith
  Square\, the Royal Festival Hall and the Purcell Room at South Bank Centr
 e\, the Barbican centre\, Blackheath Halls (UK)\, Laeizhalle Hamburg\, Gas
 teig München\, Philharmonie Essen\, Beethovenssal Hannover (Germany)\, Ph
 ilia Hall\, Munetsugu Hall  (Japan)\, Wiener-Saal (Austria)\, St-Petersbur
 g Philharmonic Hall (Russia) as well as in festivals such as Mecklenburg-V
 orpommen\, Salzburger Festspiele\, Rheingau Festival (Germany)\, Menuhin F
 estival Gstaad (Switzerland)\, International Chamber Music Festival Silver
  Lyre (Russia)\, Beaulieu-sur-la Mer (France)\, Valdres Festival (Norway)\
 , Copenhagen Summer Music Festival (Denmark)\, Steirisches Kammermusik Fes
 tival (Austria)\, Tertis International Viola Competition and Festival  (Is
 le of Man)\, Tembi Festival (Indonesia)\, Phnom Penh International  Music 
 festival (Cambodia) and the International Classical Music Festival  (Myanm
 ar).\n\nMs. Aoki has performed as soloist with the National Symphony\, Lon
 don Soloist Chamber Orchestra\, Hamburg Camerata\, Korean Chamber Orchestr
 a\, Washington Sinfonietta and Orquesta Sinfónica del Estado de México. 
 Her  performances have been broadcasted on NDR-North German Radio\, RBB- R
 adio  Berlin\, Brandenburg\, BR Classics\, WDR\, Hessischer Rundfunk\, Rad
 io  Suisse Romande\, ORF Austria\, Radio France\, 98.7 WFMT Chicago\, MPR 
  Classic and ABC Classic FM Australia and BBC Radio 3.\n\nAs a collaborati
 ve pianist Ms. Aoki has been employed by the Heifetz International Music I
 nstitute\, The Perlman Music Program\, International  Summer Academy Mozar
 teum Salzburg\, Mattheiser Sommer-Akademie\, and International Violin Mast
 erclasses at Kronberg Academy. In 2021 she served as the official accompan
 ist for the Joseph Joachim International Violin Competition in Germany. Sh
 e served the same role for the Tokyo International Viola Competition in Ma
 y 2022.\n\n Ms. Aoki regularly plays for lessons and masterclasses of  int
 ernationally renowned musicians including Yuri Bashmet\, Christoph Eschenb
 ach\, Christian Tetzlaff\, Maxim Vengerov and Tabea Zimmermann. Since 2009
  Ms. Aoki has been engaged by the prestigious Kronberg Academy in Germany 
 where she works with exceptionally talented young  performers.\n\nMs. Aoki
  started playing the piano at age 4 and moved to London at  age 9 where sh
 e joined the Purcell School of Music. She holds degrees  from SUNY Stony B
 rook University (DMA)\, Yale University (MM) and Indiana University (BM). 
 She graduated with a distinction in the Konzertexamen degree at Hochschule
  für Musik und Theater Hamburg. (Mit Auszeichnung). Ms. Aoki was a full-t
 ime Senior Lecturer at Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Graz
  between 2012-2016.\n\nUpon starting her new role as Assistant Professor o
 f Collaborative Piano at Arizona State University for the 2022 fall semest
 er\, Ms. Aoki relocated from New York City where she spent five years unde
 r the tutelage of Gilbert Kalish and graduated with her DMA degree from SU
 NY Stony Brook in May of 2022. \n\nMs. Aoki held a teaching assistant posi
 tion for the undergraduate piano department at SUNY since 2017 and a staff
  pianist position at the Juilliard School from 2019. During Winter term 20
 21-2022  she taught as a sabbatical replacement piano professor at Lawrenc
 e University Conservatory of Music.\n\nDuring the pandemic\, Ms. Aoki foun
 ded and launched the virtual concert series\, ‘Musik in the Air’. All 
 programs are woven together uniquely by Ms. Aoki\, and each has a theme\; 
 each in addition to the mission of ‘Musik in the Air’ which is to brin
 g a world-class concert experience to listeners wherever they may be.
LOCATION:Kips Bay
SUMMARY:Pianist Miki Aoki!
URL:https://www.groupmuse.com/events/14950-pianist-miki-aoki
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