Kumi Uchimoto

Kumi Uchimoto: born in Aichi in Japan, she began her piano studies under the guidance of the tenor Minoru Uchimoto.

She specialized with Chieko Hara de Cassadò and Ryoko Fukazawa, and continued her stusies in Italy with Nunzio Montanari, Martha Del Vecchio and Michele Campanella.
She received her diploma summa cum laude from the Conservatorio “C.Monteverdi” in Bolzano and at the “Accademia Pianistica di Imola” receiving her diploma as a soloist.
For over twenty years, she has collaborated regularly with the Ensemble Icarus of Reggio Emilia(Italy), specializing in contemporary music and participated to numerous première of music dedicated to them. She has recorded several CD for the Ricordi, Ariston, Rivo Alto, Spazio Musica, Nuove Sincronie, Stradivarius and Limen. Her concerts have been broadcasted on radio and televisions in various countries like Germany, Japan, France, Finland, the Netherland, Mexico, Rumania, Russia, Switzerland and Spain. She is a professor at the Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts and Music.