Tomono Kawamura

Born in Japan, at the age of three, Tomono started her piano studies at the Yamaha Music School under Fumiko Eguchi. She made her orchestral debut as a soloist at fifteen. While in Japan, Tomono won a number of competitions, including first prize at the Japan Piano Education League Audition, PTC Piano Competition and PTNA Piano Competition. Consequently, she was invited to perform at gala concerts in major venues in Tokyo, such as Casals Hall and Orchard Hall. She was also invited by former Israeli Prime Minster Yitzhak Rabin to perform a concert tour in Israel. Many of her performances were broadcast on television.

Later, Tomono was awarded a scholarship by the Yamaha Music Foundation to study at the Royal Academy of Music in London, where she studied with Christopher Elton and the late Maria Curcio, one of the most distinguished pupils of Artur Schnabel. Tomono performed several times with orchestras, including the Mozart Concerto K505, directed by one of today’s most celebrated artists, Trevor Pinnock, who selected her to be the soloist. During her studies, she won several prizes, including the Douglas Cameron Prize, Greta G. M. Parkinson Prize, Leslie England Award, Andrew Sykes Award, Kenneth Sidney Brindle Award and a number of different scholarships. She has performed around the U.K. in such venues as the Snape Maltings, Aldeburgh, St. Martin in the Fields, Draper’s Hall, and the Wigmore Hall, London.

In recent years, Tomono has appeared internationally as a solo recitalist, captivating audiences around the globe with her masterful keyboard technique and distinguished poetic musicality.

One of Tomono’s recent performances was described by a critique as, “characterised by grace, intimacy and poetry, while displaying outstanding clarity and musical fireworks.”

Her ability to create every note with sincerity, storytelling prowess and technical brilliance has earned her a place among the most respected concert pianists in the industry.