Aki Takahashi

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Aki Takahashi (高橋 アキ, Takahashi Aki^?) is a Japanese pianist specializing in contemporary classical music.

[edit] Biography

Born in Kamakura, she began studying piano at the age of five and received her M.A. degree from the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. She presented her first public recital in 1970.

She has released numerous recordings and many 20th century composers (including John Cage, Morton Feldman, Isang Yun, Joji Yuasa, Toshi Ichiyanagi, Carl Stone, Maki Ishii, and Takehisa Kosugi) have written pieces for her.

She has also performed works by Olivier Messiaen, Pierre Boulez, Iannis Xenakis, Tōru Takemitsu, and her brother, Yuji Takahashi.

She has toured extensively throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia, and served as Artist-in-Residence at the State University of New York at Buffalo from 1980 - 1981. She was a guest professor at the California Institute of the Arts in 1984 and 1985.

[edit] External links

• Aki Takahashi page from New Albion Records site