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MAMI SHIKIMORIClassical Piano |
I am a concert performer and teacher and I have experience of teaching pupils of all ages and abilities. Lessons are given at my studio in central Abingdon which is equipped with high quality pianos, Lipp grand piano and Yamaha Ul. Children and adults are both welcome. I can prepare students for concert performances, festivals, competitions, auditions, ABRSM grade exams, etc. if they so wish and my pupils have had excellent exam results. I am a member of the European Piano Teachers' Association. Since graduating from the Royal College of Music in London in 1999 with the highest possible mark and the Hopkinson Gold Medal, Mami Shikimori has given many concerts in the UK, Japan, Thailand, Italy and the USA. Recent engagements have included concerts at the Carnegie Recital Hall and Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò in New York, the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester, St Martin-in-the-Fields, and tours of Northeast England, performing in the 'Master Musicians—International Piano Series'. She also performed in a masterclass with Stephen Kovacevich at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London. She has won many prizes in prestigious competitions such as Ibla Grand Prize International Piano Competition in Italy (2003), the Peter Wallfisch Prize for the performance of Schubert (1999), the Kendall Taylor Beethoven Prize (1999), the Vivian Hamilton Prize (1998), the Millicent Silver Prize (1997), the Ellen Marie Curtis Prize (1996), the Marjorie & Arnold Ziff Prize and the Principles Special Award at the Royal College of Music. In 2002, she was selected by Manchester Midday Concert Society as one of the two most outstanding young pianists to perform at the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester. She has broadcast on KUSC, America's largest public-radio classical music station.
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