Piano

Chan Sin is a Steinway Young Artist and is currently a doctoral student at City University of Macau and an instructor at the Macao Polytechnic University. She began her music studies under the guidance of Prof. Eleanor Wong Yee Lun, a senior lecturer in keyboard studies and resident artist at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. After winning the Macao Cultural Bureau Award and a government scholarship, she pursued her studies at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, graduating with first-class honors. Subsequently, she received a scholarship from the Royal Academy of Music in the UK, where she studied piano performance under Professor Colin Stone and graduated with outstanding results.

Her performance activities span the globe, including Vienna, the UK, France, Vietnam, Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macau. She has been invited to perform at numerous international performing arts festivals and is lauded as an energetic, expressive, and emotionally rich performer.

Born into a musical family, Chan Sin won an award at a competition when she was just three years old. At the age of seven, she performed Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23 with the Macao Orchestra and collaborated with the renowned French pianist Richard Clayderman for a two-piano performance during the Macao International Arts Festival. She has also collaborated with famous musicians such as Lang Lang and Steinway Artist Wu Meile. She was invited to serve as a mentor and judge for the Vienna Youth Music Camp and performed in the small golden hall of the Ehrbar Saal. She has worked with various orchestras, including the Macao Orchestra, Macao Youth Symphony Orchestra, and Hanoi philharmonic. In 2021, Chan Sin was invited as a guest artist by the Macao Cultural Bureau to collaborate with the Macao Orchestra for a performance of Saint-Saëns’ “Carnival of the Animals.”

In international piano competitions, Chan Sin has excelled, having won the Paris and London Grand Prix Virtuoso, alongside receiving the cultural award from the Macao government, the “Macao Cultural Bureau Award.” Apart from her performance career, Chan Sin is also dedicated to piano teaching. Her students have achieved significant success in various international competitions. Her teaching accomplishments have received international recognition, earning her multiple “Outstanding Teacher” awards from various competition committees, including the Chopin Avenue Music Competition, the Canada Red Maple Music Competition, the IPPA Conero International Piano Competition, the Aegio International Piano Competition, the Brahms International Music Competition, the Hong Kong Youth Performing Arts Association, the Japan PIARA Hamamatsu International Piano Competition, and the Liszt Ferenc International Competition. She has also served as a judge for numerous international competitions.

Photo: Wilson LEE

Flute

Ivy Chuang is an acclaimed flute player from Hong Kong who maintains a distinctive and versatile career. A sophisticated, experienced and brilliant flutist, Ivy also possesses an impressive command of piccolo. She is a regular freelance flute and piccolo player with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra and the Hong Kong Sinfonietta. Having started to learn to play the flute at the tender age of 10, she soon made her heralded debut with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra at age 17 before embarking on her professional career. Her early days after graduation were also spent touring with the orchestra.

Internationally, Ivy made appearances as a freelance flutist and piccoloist with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra and the Hong Kong Sinfonietta. She has participated in the Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias (Spain) and the Hangzhou Philharmonic Orchestra (China) as a guest flutist and piccoloist. She was also invited by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (UK) as a guest piccoloist for their China Tour in 2011. In 2015, this prolific artist was invited as the guest piccolo soloist with the Boston University Wind Ensemble (USA). In addition, she has appeared as a soloist with the Hong Kong Wind Ensemble (Hong Kong), the Providence College Wind Ensemble (USA), the Chung Chi Wind Orchestra of The Chinese University of Hong Kong, and the New Hong Kong Philharmonia.

Over the years, Ivy has had the honour of working with some of the world’s finest conductors such as Pinchas Zukerman, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Lorin Maazel, Sergiu Comissiona, Edo de Waart, Sir Neville Marriner and Jaap van Zweden to name a few. Being a highly sought-after artist, Ivy has also made impressive performances in world-class venues such as the Royal Concertgebouw (the Netherlands), Konzerthaus Berlin (Germany) and the Tokyo Suntory Hall (Japan). Her outstanding playing has brought her to concerts across four continents. Ivy made her debut as the Brannen Brother’s sole artist at the 2018 National Flute Association (NFA) Annual Convention in orlando and received great acclaim.

​Apart from her artistic development, Ivy is also very devoted and passionate about teaching. She aspires to promote flute and music education in Hong Kong ultimately. She is one of the few professionals who teaches flute and piccolo in the music performance faculty of numerous well-known local tertiary institutions. She is currently teaching at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Baptist University, the Education University of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. In addition, Ivy is frequently invited to present masterclasses and to sit on the jury of auditions and competitions in Hong Kong, China, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and the USA. Ivy is an alumna of the Asian Youth Orchestra with which she went on world tour for two years, and she is now the flute and piccolo coach of the Asian Youth Orchestra Summer Orchestra. Ivy has also been the faculty of the Rondo Festival in Malaysia for three consecutive years. She has devoted in cultivating the next generation and promoting music education in Asia.

​Ivy received the BMus (1st hon) from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. With her outstanding talents and achievements, she was awarded the Jardine Matheson Scholarship by the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music to further her studies at the Royal Northern College of Music (England). And once again, achieving with excellence, received the PGDip (distinction).

​Ivy also released her first solo album “Russian Classics” in 2020, which was widely praised and received. ​Recognizing her distinctive talents, Ivy is the first-ever artist sponsored by Brannen Brothers Flutemakers, Inc., a renowned manufacturer of professional and handmade flutes and headjoints. She was appointed as the Asian sole artist of Brannen Brothers from 2018 to 2020. And she is now, Brannen Brothers – Trio Music, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Singapore artist. She plays on a Brannen Brothers 19.5K Rose Gold flute with a 18K Lafin headjoint.

Harp

Li-Ya Huang currently holds the position of residence harp faculty in Tianjin Juilliard School. She was the Principal Harp of the China National Centre for the Performing Arts Orchestra from 2011 to 2020, Guest Principal Harpist of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra and Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal.

As a soloist, Li-Ya has performed with the National Centre for the Performing Arts Orchestra, Wuhan Philharmonic Orchestra, Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra, Taipei Symphony Orchestra, One Song Orchestra (Taiwan), Kentucky Symphony Orchestra, CCM Philharmonia Orchestra and Modern Music Ensemble. Her recent performances including Mozart’s Concerto for Flute and Harp, Handel’s Harp Concerto in Bb Major, Ravel’s Introduction et Allegro for String Quartet, Flute, Clarinet and Harp, Debussy’s Danses sacrée et profane, Caplet’s Conte Fantastique and Zhe-Yi Lee’s Harp Concerto“Double Happiness”. Li-Ya gave recitals and chamber concerts in Taipei, Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Macau, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Cincinnati, and New York. She was the guest solo artist to the First and Second Taiwan International Harp Festival, World Harp Congress, Shanghai International Harp Festival, and Spoleto Music Festival in Italy.

Her multiple awards include the “Musical Talents Prize” presented by the Taipei Symphony Orchestra, top prize of “Multi-Media New Music Competition” from the World Harp Congress in 2017 and the first prize winner of the first Taiwan International Harp Competition. Her album – Harpy Lab – A Collection of Harp Compositions by Contemporary Taiwanese Composers – was released in March 2018 under the music label “Feeling Good Music Co.” in Taiwan. Other significant recordings on which she appears as principal harpist include Richard Wagner’s Die Walküre with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Jaap Van Sweden (Naxos) in 2016, and Wagner/Maazel’s The Ring Without Words with the NCPA Orchestra, conducted by Lorin Maazel (Sony) in 2013.

Li-Ya received her DMA degree from the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and Master degree from Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music. She constantly gives masterclasses and lecture concerts in music conservatories, including the Central Conservatory of Music and the China Conservatory of Music in Beijing, National Taiwan University of the Arts, and Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. She served as harp faculty at summer festivals and academies including  Asian Youth Orchestra, Harp Carnival in Shanghai, Beijing International Harp Week, Forbidden City Harp Academy, Jason Harp Summer Festival and Huafa Music Zhuhai String Masterclass. She also served as a jury member in international and domestic competitions, such as Hong Kong International Harp Competition, Rave International Prestige Award (Singapore,) Basel International Harp Competition and China Youth Music Competition.

Photo: Raymond HUANG

Flute

Karen Jones is equally well known as concerto soloist, chamber musician, recording artist, teacher and orchestral player, and is in constant demand by composers and conductors alike. She is the fifth generation of a family of professional musicians and was a member of the European Community Youth Orchestra by the age of 15. Subsequent successes include winning the woodwind section of the BBC TV competition Young Musician of the Year, and later the Gold Medal for the Shell/London Symphony Orchestra prize. She studied in London and Vienna before winning a Harkness Fellowship and Fulbright scholarship to continue her studies in New York City. Whilst completing her studies there, she was appointed principal flute of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, a post she held for five years before returning to London to pursue her diverse career. Since then, she has been in the greatest demand as guest principal flute with all London’s top orchestras and ensembles, including the London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia and London Sinfonietta. She has also played with the World Orchestra for Peace and was thrilled to be invited to play at the royal weddings of both Prince William and Prince Harry. She is principal flute of the London Chamber Orchestra and the City of London Sinfonia. However, you are most likely to have heard Karen on a film soundtrack as she has recorded over 500 movies, many at London’s legendary Abbey Road Studios. Previously having held teaching posts at Royal Northern College of Music and Trinity College of Music, Karen was appointed flute professor at the Royal Academy of London in 2004. As one of the UK’s leading teachers, is constantly invited to give masterclasses all over the world. Karen Jones plays exclusively ALTUS flutes.

Piano

Jason Liu is an active collaborative pianist, conductor and composer based in Hong Kong. He is a faculty accompanist and lecturer in Junior Musicianship at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, where he had attained his Master of Music with distinction under the tutelage of Associate Professor Mr Hsu Wei-En. Liu attained the Fellowship Diploma of Trinity College London (FTCL) for piano at the age of 13, and subsequently the Licentiate Diploma (LTCL) for cello.

Liu has worked as rehearsal pianist with various groups including WDR Rundfunkchor Köln, accentus, Hong Kong Philharmonic Chorus, Opera Hong Kong, Bel Canto Singers, Hong Kong Grand Opera, Musica Viva, The Opera Society of Hong Kong, HKBUAS Wong Kam Fai Secondary & Primary School, etc.

Liu is currently Assistant Conductor of The Learners Chorus under the tutelage of Mr Apollo Wong. Liu is also Chorus Master of Ponte Orchestra and Singers, conductor of HKU Shun Hing College Schola Cantorum, Hong Kong Inter-School Choir (Junior Secondary Division), and St. Paul’s College Junior Choir, which captured 1st and 2nd places in separate categories in the 76thHong Kong Schools Music Festival. He was Choirmaster of the Hong Kong University Students’ Union Choir, and with the choir he had conducted Orff’s Carmina Burana. His recent debut in opera conducting with Britten’s Albert Herring received great acclaim.

Liu majored in Composition and Electronic Music in the Junior Music Programme of the HKAPA under the tutelage of Ms Poly Ng. His compositions were awarded in numerous competitions and were performed by notable groups in places including Australia, Austria, Canada, Germany, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, United Kingdom, USA and Hong Kong. Recent recognitions include Honourable Mention of Japan International Choral Composition Competition 2022, and one of the three finalists in Oper Leipzig composition competition “Wahrheiten”. Other recent pieces include Cantonese musical The Adventure with Tam Kung premiered by Ponte Orchestra and Good Hope School Choir, chamber piece The Vanishing Glimpse commissioned by Musicus Society, Cantonese song cycle Samson, and Cantonese choral works Fireworks for St. Paul’s College, Picturesque Cityscape for HKBUAS, Together We Sing Again commissioned by Hong Kong Inter-School Choral Festival and Credo for St. Paul’s Co-educational College. Some of his choral works are being published by the Chinese University of Hong Kong Chorus. He is a member of Composers and Authors Society of Hong Kong.

An alumnus of the Hong Kong Children’s Choir, Liu toured extensively as a singer, and was the pianist for the Choir’s tours in 2011 and 2023. He is currently a tutor of HKCC.

Liu also attained his Master of Architecture and Bachelor of Arts (Architectural Studies) degrees at the University of Hong Kong. He underwent his exchange semester in the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, and was a chorister of Wiener Singverein during his stay.

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Harp

Known as one of today’s outstanding harpists, Judy Loman graduated from The Curtis Institute of Music, where she studied with the celebrated harpist, Carlos Salzedo. Upon graduating from Curtis she became Principal Harpist with the Toronto Symphony and was featured as a soloist on many tours. She retired from the symphony in 2002 and continues with a busy career of teaching, performing, and recording. Her large discography includes works she has commissioned for the harp by Canada’s foremost composers. Her present project is to learn and record pieces that she has not had time to learn before. In the fall 2022 she released her newest recording, La Harpe Fantastique, under the Marquis label, and is working on another recording to be released sometime in 2024. She is a winner of Canada’s Juno Award for Best Classical Recording.

A dedicated teacher, Judy Loman taught at the Curtis Institute of music and is now a Visiting Artist at that school, Adjunct Professor of harp at the University of Toronto, and Instructor of Harp at the Glenn Gould School, Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto.  She has served as President of the Jury for The USA international Competition and been a jurist for the Israel International Harp Competition and the Vera Dulova International Harp Competition in Moscow. Ms. Loman has been a featured recitalist and concerto soloist at several American Harp Society Conferences and for the World Harp Congress.  

Ms. Loman is a Fellow of the Royal Conservatory of Music and a member of The Order of Canada for her contribution to the Arts in Canada.

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Piano

Hong Kong pianist Shelley Ng has performed extensively in the world’s renowned venues across the three continents including Carnegie Hall, Seiji Ozawa Hall, Harris Hall, and Milton Court; as well as most prestigious festivals such as the Tanglewood Music Festival, Aspen Music Festival, Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, Hong Kong Arts Festival, Taiwan International Festival of Arts and Hangzhou Contemporary Music Festival. Her performances and interviews have aired on Radio Television Hong Kong, Metro Radio, Teledifusão de Macau,  and WHRB, Harvard Radio Broadcasting.

During the 2023/24 season, Shelley undertook an eight-city recital tour in the United States and was featured as a soloist at the Tai Kwun Prison Yard Festival. She spearheaded a Turkish-themed fundraising concert for the 2023 earthquake victims, and subsequently performed at the Türkiye – Hong Kong SAR Friendship Concert presented by the Consulate General of Türkiye in Hong Kong. Shelley has also performed an all-Czech programme at the home of the Czech Consul General for guests of the consulate, and shared the stage with Maia Makhateli, the principal dancer of Dutch National Ballet at the Hong Kong Ballet’s 45thAnniversary International Ballet Gala. 

Shelley has presented engaging, innovative concert repertoires with an eclectic mix of contemporary repertoire and those from the standard canon. She performed a solo recital in the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival upon the invitation of noted composer, pianist and conductor Marc Neikrug; transcribed and performed the piano solo of the Concert for Piano and Orchestra by John Cage; performed Oliver Knussen’s Sonya’s Lullaby as a soloist in his tribute concert and Bernstein’s Piano Trio in his 100 celebration at the Tanglewood Festival of Contemporary Music; gave solo and lecture recitals in the Hong Kong Museum of Art and in the HKU MUSE series of The University of Hong Kong. In addition to solo performances, she toured the Mediterranean, Carribean, Mexico, United States and Canada with the piano quintet and quartet in residence of Lincoln Center Stage. Exploring intersections of her musical career as well as social and artistic interests, she organised fundraising concerts for Sichuan earthquake in 2008 and for people with autism in 2016, touching audiences with her thoughtful programming and expressive performances.

A devoted musician of varied interests, Shelley has been pushing her limits as a pianist which has led her to perform under conductors such as Andris Nelsons, Thomas Adès, and Stefan Asbury.  In addition to extensive concerts of piano literature, she continually explores off-the-beaten path pieces like Medtner’s Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor.  In recent seasons, Ms. Ng has centered her place as an interpreter of new music scores and has premiered numerous works. She also played unusual repertoire including George Antheil’s Ballet Mechanique for four pianists and eleven percussionists.  Pushing towards the outer limits of piano repertoire, she enjoys exploring different keyboard instruments such as the square piano, harmonium, synthesizer, celeste, accordion, toy piano and the harpsichord. 

Prize winner of the Schoenfeld International String Competition, American Protégé International Competition, and Grand Prize Virtuoso International Music Competition Salzburg, Shelley Ng is currently associate musician of the Hong Kong New Music Ensemble. Prior to her return to Hong Kong, she was the piano faculty, chamber music coach at the Rice University Preparatory Program and staff pianist of studios of Midori Goto, Pamela Frank, and Margaret Batjer. She earned her Master’s degrees from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama with distinction and subsequently from Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music under full scholarship.

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Cello

The Polish-born cellist and composer Piotr Skweres studied cello with Valentin Erben and composition with Ivan Eröd and Detlev Müller-Siemens at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. During his studies, he co-founded the Apollon Musagete Quartet, which received intensive coaching from Johannes Meissl and Hatto Beyerle as part of the European Chamber Music Academy (ECMA) program. In its early years, the quartet won multiple awards, including First Prize at the 2008 ARD Music Competition. Since then, the ensemble has performed regularly at prestigious venues such as Carnegie Hall in New York, the Gewandhaus in Leipzig, and the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, as well as at leading festivals like the BBC Proms and the Rheingau Musik Festival.

As a soloist, Piotr Skweres has performed with major orchestras in Germany, England, Austria, Hungary, and Poland, including the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, and the WDR Funkhausorchester, where he has served as principal cellist since 2018. As a chamber musician, he has collaborated with renowned artists such as Gabriela Montero, Igor Levit, Martin Fröst, and Tori Amos.

Piotr Skweres has contributed to numerous chamber music recordings released by Deutsche Grammophon, Decca, and NEOS. These albums have been nominated for prestigious awards, including the ECHO Klassik, the BBC Music Magazine Award, and the Fryderyk Music Prize. His original compositions, including commissions for Ensemble Reconsil and the International Joseph Haydn Chamber Music Competition in Vienna, have been published by Orlando Records, Genuin Classics, and Doblinger Music Publisher. His works have been performed in prominent venues such as the Vienna Konzerthaus, London’s St. Martin in the Fields, and Munich’s Herkulessaal.

In addition to his performing career, Piotr Skweres is a sought-after guest lecturer and has conducted masterclasses at music universities and conservatories in Vienna, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Antwerp, Copenhagen, Guangzhou, and Katowice.

Piotr Skweres plays a 1741 “ex- Andre Navarra” und “ex- Roland Pidoux” Januarius Gagliano cello kindly on loan from MERITO String Instruments Trust GmbH.

Photo: Marco BORGGREVE

Cello

Tan received full scholarship to pursue a Master of Music degree at Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (HKAPA) under the tutelage of renowned Prof. Ray Wang. He also acted as the principal cellist in APA’s Symphony Orchestra performing various pieces, Tan has played in master classes by David Strange, Li-Wei Qin, Peter Stumpf and Chu Yi Bing etc., he has also participated in the Canton International Summer Music Academy (CISMA) with conductor Charles Dutoit (2005 and 2006), and the internationally celebrated Kroberg Cello Festival in Germany in 2007.

He is a regular jury for various local and international competitions, such as the Hong Kong International Youth Performing Arts Festival, the 5th Taiwan (Asia) Aegean Sea Music Competition, Antonio Vivaldi International Competition (Vienna), etc.

Tan has been invited by groups and institutions such as the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Macau Orchestra, City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong and Hong Kong Chamber Orchestra. He is also a member of the Hong Kong International Cello Association and the Cello ensemble “Cellistra”.

Currently Tan is teaching as cello tutor of Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and Diocesan Boys’ School Primary Division.

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Harp

Gwyneth is an international acclaimed harpist and cultural entrepreneur working across many genre and roles.

She is founder of Foundation Harp, a performance platform which produced the audio visual productions ANAHATA, Canto Ostinato and In Code. Canto Ostinato Audio Visual has toured extensively worldwide.

As a leading harpist both classical and experimental, Gwyneth Wentink has performed at world’s most prestigious stages as Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center in New York, the Royal Albert Hall and Royal Opera Hall in London and the Konzerthaus in Berlin, among others.

Wentink holds a position as solo harpist of the Constellation under Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Praised for her versatility, Wentink introduced the harp into classical Indian music, and plays regularly with the greats like Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia.

Wentink has won numerous prizes, including the Dutch Music Award, the highest distinction awarded to musicians in The Netherlands, the Israel Harp Competition and the Young Concert Artists Audition in New York. In 2019 Wentink has been appointed as new member of the prestigious Society of Arts in The Netherlands.

As a dedicated and passionate teacher, Gwyneth is guest professor of harp at the Conservatory of Amsterdam (CvA) and at the Royal Academy of Music in London.

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Harp

Japanese harpist Naoko Yoshino was born in London, and started her harp studies with Susann McDonald at the age of six in Los Angeles. In 1981, she received the Second Prize at the First International Harp Competition in Rome. In 1985, at the age of seventeen, she was the First Prize Winner at the Ninth International Harp Contest in Israel.

Naoko Yoshino’s solo engagements with the world’s top orchestras have included the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Zurich’s Tonhalle Orchestra, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, The Philadelphia Orchestra, and Concentus Musicus Wien.  Renowned conductors with whom she has shared the stage include Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Zubin Mehta, Pierre Boulez, Herbert Blomstedt, Yehudi Menuhin, Frühbeck de Burgos, and Seiji Ozawa.  She has given solo recitals in New York, Vienna, London, and Tokyo, among other cities around the world.

Naoko Yoshino has been invited to numerous prestigious music festivals, such as the Lucerne, Salzburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Marlboro, and Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festivals. Through chamber music, she has worked closely with such renowned musicians as violinist Gidon Kremer, violists Veronika Hagen and Nobuko Imai, cellist Clemens Hagen, flutists Aurèle Nicolet, Jean-Pierre Rampal, Wolfgang Schulz, Emmanuel Pahud, and horn player Radek Baborák.

As an advocate of new repertoire for the harp, Naoko Yoshino has premiered many works, including Toru Takemitsu’s “And then I knew ‘twas Wind”, Toshio Hosokawa’s Harp Concerto “Re-turning”, Yuji Takahashi’s “Insomnia”, and Ami Maayani’s “Sonata No.2” for solo harp.

Recordings to date include releases on the Teldec, Philips, Sony Classical, and Virgin Classics labels. In 2015, Naoko Yoshino started recording for her own private label “grazioso”. The first album: “Harp Recital – Favorite Masterpieces and More…”, was released in January 2016, followed by “Harp Recital II – Sonata / Suite / Variations” in 2017, “Harp Recital III – Schumann / Schubert / Mozart / Mendelssohn / Brahms / Bach” in 2018, “Harp Recital IV – Takemitsu / Hosokawa / Yoshimatsu / Cage / Satie” in 2019, “Harp Recital V – Favorite Masterpieces and More… vol. 2” in 2020, “Harp Recital VI – Tournier / Renié / Caplet / Casella / Salzedo / Fauré” in 2021, and “Harp Recital – Intermezzo” in 2022. All seven albums have been received with high acclaim.

Prizes achieved include: 1988, Arts Festival Prize (Japan Agency for Cultural Affairs); 1989, Mobil Music Award for Brilliant Young Musicians; 1991, Avon Awards to Women (Arts division); The Mainichi Art Award FY2021 (special prize).

Since April 2024, Naoko Yoshino is a Guest Professor of Harp at the Tokyo University of the Arts.

Photo: Tomoko HIDAKI