|
An artist of enormous power, maturity and intelligence, Nami Ejiri combines
sensitivity and brilliance, world class pianism and charismatic command
of the audience. Hailed by the international press as an "artist
of perfection'', Nami Ejiri is winner of the prestigious Vianna da Motta
International Piano Competition in Lisbon, in addition to her numerous
victories in international competitions in Japan (Tokyo and Sonoda), Italy
(Porrino, Casella, Cantu) , Austria (Beethoven) and Poland ("Chopin"
Warsaw).
Among Nami Ejiri's awards is the "CD of the Month" which she
received from the "Piano News" magazine for her Mussorgsky recording.
Her two CDs "Bunte Bl?tter" from Japan and "Chopin"
by Organo Phon in Germany, have just been released in 2008 and 2009.
Nami Ejiri's recent concert tours took her around the globe, from Poland
and Germany, through France and Portugal to Mexico, Brazil and Japan where
she played with such world renowned orchestras and conducting luminaries
as Gulbenkian Orchestra/ Lawrence Foster, Kurashiki Music Festival Orchestra/Takashi
Asahina, Mexico State Symphony/Enrique Batiz, Warsaw Philharmonic/Kazimierz
Kord, Polish National Radio Orchestra/Antoni Wit, Polish Chamber Philharmonic
Orchestra/Wojciech Rajski, Toho Gakuen Orchestra/George Pherivanian and
many others.
Nami Ejiri is also a very sought after artist for solo recitals, music
festivals as well as for chamber music collaborations. Her recent appearances
at such venues as Japan's " La Folle Journee de Kanazawa", Poland's
Chopin Festivals in Duszniki and Krakow, Mexico's Cervantino International
Festival, German's Alte Oper Frankfurt, Rheingau Musikfestival, Mosel
Festwochen and Weseler Klaviersommer, Italy's Bocconi University concert
series and Meranofest International Music Festival, Portugal's Sintra
Festival and International Musicfestival of Guimaraes and many others
in Hamamatsu, Lugano, Darmstadt, Vilnius, Steyr earned Nami Ejiri world-wide
critical and public acclaim, superlative accolades and numerous reengagements.
In addition to her concert appearances Nami Ejiri is in great demand for
master classes which she conducted since 2005 in Portugal and Japan. In
2004 the Vianna da Motta International Competition invited her as an honorary
observer. Nami Ejiri's recitals are broadcast on radio and TV programs
in Germany, Japan, Portugal and USA.
A native of Tokyo, Nami Ejiri completed her piano studies at Toho Gakuen
in Tokyo with Prof.Yoshimi Tamaki and Prof. Genichiro Murakami, and was
advised by great masters like Takahiro Sonoda, Kouichiro Harada, Nobuko
Imai and others. She participated in music festivals in Lugano, Merano,
Paris, Salzburg and Warsaw. At present Nami Ejiri lives in Frankfurt am
Main, Germany where she perfected her art under Prof. Lev Natochenny,
himself a former student of the legendary Lev Oborin. She has been teaching
piano at the Hochschule for Music in Frankfurt since 2006.
|