Cello

After graduating from the renowned Toho Music College, Yuko Miyagawa received her Master Degree at Mozarteum University Salzburg.

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She is a prizewinner at several competitions, including first prize at the 6th International Chamber Music Competition in Tokyo where she also received the Hideo Saito Award and the Asahi Award; first prize at the competition of the Art Festival in Calabria, Italy; second prize at the International Chamber Music Competition Città di Pinerolo, Italy; Aoyama Baroque Saal Award; the 2018 Excellence Award by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, Japan.

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Her first two solo CDs released by Victor Entertainment as well as her most recent recording "Con anima" were all listed as the most recommended new recordings by Record Geijutsu, a monthly classical music magazine, and her “heart-touching performance” was highly acclaimed in the Tokyo Mainichi newspaper. Her most recent recording “Black Swan” - works for cello and piano by Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos was chosen as the best new release of November 2020 by New York Public Radio.

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Besides performing as a soloist with orchestras and in solo and chamber music recitals, she often appears in collaboration and ensemble with artists from diverse genres, while also visiting juvenile re-education homes and hospices to give performances, which she says is her lifetime’s work.

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She is hosting her own radio program in Japan and she is a regular guest on radio and television at the Japanese broadcasting company NHK.

 

Official website: http://www.yuko-miyagawa.com/