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Misuzu Tanaka is a pianist hailed for her combination of poetic sensitivity and virtuosity. She has performed in prestigious venues worldwide and released a live debut album featuring works by Janáček and Bach. Tanaka has appeared with orchestras and at recitals throughout the US, and holds degrees from The Juilliard School and University of Michigan.

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Misuzu Tanaka Pianist Biography Long Version

Misuzu Tanaka is a pianist hailed for her combination of poetic sensitivity and virtuosity. She has performed in prestigious venues worldwide and released a live debut album featuring works by Janáček and Bach. Tanaka has appeared with orchestras and at recitals throughout the US, and holds degrees from The Juilliard School and University of Michigan.

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MISUZU TANAKA · Pianist

Biography

Long Version

Hailed by international press as a pianist "who dispatched everything with both dizzying speed and
sensitivity" Today’s Zaman (Turkey) and for her “exceptionally high technical level” General-Anzeiger Bonn
(Germany), Misuzu Tanaka has established herself as an artist of remarkable individuality with a rare
combination of poetic sensitivity and breathtaking virtuosity.
She has performed in prestigious concert venues throughout the world, from the Gewandhaus in Leipzig
and Mozart’s Museum at Villa Bertramka in Prague to Alice Tully Hall in New York. Misuzu Tanaka is also a
respected regular performer for Music from the Frederick Collection, a leading North-American venue for
performance on historical instruments. Misuzu is the First Prize winner of the International Piano Festival in
Poland and has received second prize as well as two special prizes in the Joan and Daniel Rutenberg
Chamber Music Competition. Enjoying an active solo career in the U.S., she is among the country’s brightest
emerging stars.
Her recent debut album which was recorded live on the Concertant Classics label, “Misuzu Tanaka in Concert”
features works by Leoš Janáček and J. S. Bach, two composers who have been a constant source of her
musical inspiration. The 2018-19 season brings two new releases: a second piano recital album “Preludes,
Reflections, Resonances” in which she further explores music of Janáček as well as music by Prokofiev and
Rachmaninoff, and a debut album “Epilogues” with clarinetist Maksim Shtrykov, which focuses on four
clarinet sonatas, which are the last works of three leading composers – Johannes Brahms, Camille Saint-
Saëns and Francis Poulenc.
Her 2018-19 season highlights include concerts in Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai as a part of her China tour
with her partner clarinetist Maksim Shtrykov; in the US she will appear on the Aptos Keyboard Series (CA),
Ridotto Classical Concerts (NY), Black Hills Chamber Music Society (SD) and Red Scarf Society of the
Performing Arts (CA) among others.
Highlights of the past seasons include a concerto debut at the Amadeus Festival (MT) with the Festival
Orchestra under the direction of maestro John Zoltek as well as recitals at Chamber Music Society of
Maryland, Fairmont Chamber Music Society (WV), Cedarhurst Chamber Music Series (IL), California State
University Sacramento Piano Series, Distinguished Artists Lecture and Concert Series (CA), Dame Myra Hess
Memorial Concerts (IL), Pro Musica in San Miguel de Allende, Chamber Music Society of Maryland and
Ridgecrest Chamber Music Society (CA).
An avid small-ensemble collaborator, Misuzu Tanaka has appeared with prominent artists including James
Dunham (Cleveland Quartet) and members of the National Symphony Orchestra. In 2012, together with her
artistic partner and critically acclaimed clarinetist Maksim Shtrykov, she began touring throughout the
United States as the Shtrykov-Tanaka Duo. Her latest chamber music project is Trio Confero (clarinet, cello,
piano). The group will begin touring in 2019-’20 season as a part of the celebrated touring agency roster -
Live On Stage.
Born in London, United Kingdom where she began her piano lessons at the age of five, she then continued
her studies in Japan and in the United States with Martin Canin at The Juilliard School. Her Masters and
Doctoral degrees are from University of Michigan where she was a full scholarship recipient studying with
Logan Skelton and devoted much time to the study and performance of the works of Leoš Janáček, which
led to further studies with Miroslav Brejcha and the late Ivan Moravec in the Czech Republic.

Concise Version

Hailed by international press for her “exceptionally high technical level” General-Anzeiger Bonn (Germany),
Misuzu Tanaka has established herself as an artist of remarkable individuality with a rare combination of
poetic sensitivity and breathtaking virtuosity. Her recent live debut album, “Misuzu Tanaka in Concert”
features works by Leoš Janáček and J. S. Bach, two composers who have been a constant source of her
musical inspiration. The album received stellar reviews from Canadian and American press. Misuzu has
performed in prestigious concert venues throughout the world, from the Gewandhaus in Leipzig to Alice
Tully Hall in New York. Most recent highlights include appearance with the Amadeus Festival Orchestra and
maestro John Zoltek as well as recitals at California State University Sacramento Piano Series, Distinguished
Artists Series in Santa Cruz, Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts, Pro Musica in San Miguel de Allende and
Chamber Music Society of Maryland. Misuzu Tanaka is a graduate of The Juilliard School and University of
Michigan.

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