Mayumi Matzen
Mayumi Matzen, Piano
Mayumi Matzen was born in Kyoto, Japan, where her earliest musical training began at the age of five. Ms. Matzen holds a bachelor’s degree from the Kyoto City University of the Arts, where she studied piano under the tutelage of renowned Japanese pianist Makoto Ueno.
From 2001 to 2002, she attended the exchange program at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville, where she studied with Dr. Gary Smart, under full scholarship. During this time, she participated in various recitals as a soloist, chamber musician, and collaborating as an accompanist in recitals and master classes.
In the spring of 2006, she completed her Master of Music degree in Piano Performance and Literature at the Eastman School of Music, where she was a student Douglas Humpherys. While at Eastman, Ms. Matzen was awarded the John and Linda Lyon VanVoorhis honored scholarship, in addition to her Graduate Award. She has participated in a variety of music festivals and master classes including most recently the International Keyboard Festival at the Banff Center in Canada in 2009. She is currently in frequent demand as a solo recitalist, as well as a collaborative pianist in both Japan and the United States. Her most notable recent collaborations include performances with Patrick Addinall, principal trumpet of the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, James Thompson, professor of trumpet at the Eastman School of Music.
Ms. Matzen recently completed her Doctor of Musical Arts in Performance and Literature at the Eastman School of Music.
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