Mayumi
Sakamoto

Mayumi Sakamoto studied at the Music High School attached to Tokyo University of the Arts before graduating in piano from the university’s Faculty of Music. She continued her studies at Hanover University of Music and Drama, completing the soloist diploma programme and earning the Konzertexamen.

Her international competition distinctions include first prizes at the Cologne International Music Competition and the Grieg International Piano Competition, as well as diplomas at the International Tchaikovsky Competition and the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. She performs in Japan and internationally.

Having taught at Tokyo University of the Arts and Tokyo College of Music, she now teaches at Kyoto City University of Arts. She is also a visiting researcher at Kyoto University’s Graduate School of Medicine and a board member of the Japan Music Association, with an active involvement in performance, education and research.