Yukiko Furumi Piano Recital "The Breath of Life and Departure

Four years after the frenzy of the Chopin Competition, Yukiko Furumi faced her music head-on
This is her first recital in Tokyo in a year.

＜Message from Yukiko Furumi
For this recital, I have put together a program that will allow you to feel the pure joy of life and the fleeting moments of passing time, focusing on the sonatas Schubert wrote in his final years, which he finished two months before his departure from this earthly life.
A moment to listen to the silence, a time to gaze into the depths. I hope that this will be a time for each of you to connect your hearts with the works while savoring the special atmosphere that only the instrument "piano" can create.


Profile of Yukiko Furumi
She won the second prize at the 12th Dublin International Piano Competition in 2022, was a semifinalist at the 18th Chopin International Piano Competition in 2021, and was the first Japanese to win the first prize at the 4th Takamatsu International Piano Competition in 2018. He was also awarded the Performer of Commissioned Work Prize, the Governor of Kagawa Prefecture Prize, the Mayor of Takamatsu City Prize, the Matsudaira Public Interest Association Prize, and the Takamatsu City Foundation for Arts and Culture President's Prize. 2019: 3rd Prize at the 11th Paderewski International Piano Competition. She has received many awards including the 40th Pitina Piano Competition Class G Gold Prize, the 7th Yasuko Fukuda Award (1st Prize), the 2nd Prize at the 20th Hamamatsu International Piano Academy Competition, and the Ishikawa Music Academy IMA Music Award. He received the Ebina City Cultural Grand Prize in 2008 and the Sagamihara City Cultural and Sports Award in 2023.
He has performed not only in Japan but also in Italy, the U.S., Romania, Poland, the Czech Republic, and other countries. She has performed at the 74th Dusiniki International Music Festival, the 28th Young Prague International Music Festival, and others. He has also performed with the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra, Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, Pomeranian Philharmonic Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, and others.
He made his CD debut with "Schumann: Piano Sonata No. 3" on Nippon Columbia's Opus One label. Her latest album is "Liszt: Piano Sonatas" (DENON label) to be released in November 2023.
He was a Rohm Music Foundation Scholarship recipient in 2020 and 2009. He completed the graduate school of Showa University of Music and its Piano Art Academy. She has studied under Fumiko Eguchi.