Yoko Misumi
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Born in Kyoto to a musical family, Yoko started very early her piano lessons, showing at a very tender age her innate talent and musicianship. At age 14 she was already a prize-winner and would receive the Second Prize in the prestigious Kyoto Piano Competition. After graduating from Kyoto Music High School, she was prompted to move to London to continue her development, and she completed a BMus degree at Trinity College of Music under the Russian Master Nina Sereda, and later two Postgraduate Diplomas awarded with distinction with the guidance of the internationally acclaimed soloist Martino Tirimo. Yoko’s concert appearances include a highly acclaimed performance of Chopin’s Andante Spianato et Grande Polonaise Brilliante with TCM Symphony Orchestra under James Judd. Yoko has performed all around Japan and Europe, with particular predilection to Germany, Portugal, London, Italy, Croatia and Slovenia, both as soloist and in chamber music recitals. She has appeared in such prestigious venues as Kyoto Concert Hall, St. Martin-in-the-Fields, St. James Piccadily, Wigmore Hall, Adrian Boult Hall and Regent Hall. In master classes Yoko has worked with Dietrich Banhoeffer, Neal Larrabee, Elisabeth Dvorak-Weissmar, Bernard Greenhouse, Daniel Hoxter, William Aide, Norma Fischer and Dimitri Alexeev, among others. She is the recipient of the First Prize of the John Longmire Beethoven Competition, Second Prize of the Beethoven Piano Society of Europe Intercollegiate Piano Competition 2005, being also the winner of the Elizabeth Schumann Lieder competition 2006, the Leonard Smith & Felicity Young Duo Competition 2007 with cellist Stjepan Hauser. Most recently she won the 2008 Alfred Kitchin Piano Competition. Currently, Yoko is the Leverhulme Scholar at Trinity College of Music, and also recipient of the TCM Founders’ Prize for musical accomplishments. Yoko is a member of the famous The Greenwich Trio together with the Slovenian violinist Lana Trotovsek and Croatian cellist Stjepan Hauser. Trio has been described by legendary cellist Bernard Greenhouse as the new "Beaux Arts Trio". Trio is a2008 winner of Solti Foundation Award. These three phenomenal talents joined forces in August 2006. Since the very start, their breathtaking chamber music making has gained the unanimous appraisal of audiences and critics. The trio won both the first and the audience prize of the Cavatina Chamber Music Competition, a result that was followed by a series of highly praised concerts all around Europe. They are the current holders of the first prize in the Trinity Laban Chamber Music Competition, and of the first and special prizes at the International Chamber Music Competition in Candelo, Italy. The Greenwich Trio receives now regular coaching from legendary Bernard Greenhouse, and has received coaching from Deniz Gelenbe, David Kenedy, Martino Tirimo and Rivka Golani, and master classes from Bernard Greenhouse (Beaux Arts Trio), Ivry Gitlis, Klaus Maetzl (Alban Berg Quartet), Wihan Quartet, Israel Piano Trio, The Schubert Ensemble, The Rosamunde Trio, The Arman Trio and William Aide. Highlights from the year 2008 include concert in St. Martin in the Fields and performance of the Triple Concerto with conductor Barry Wordsworth. The Greenwich Trio counts itself as one of the most energetic, passionate and refined trios of the music world, with performances that have taken by storm audiences in Germany, Italy and the USA.
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