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Aki Takahashi

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Walk in Beauty

Born in Kamakura, Japan, Aki Takahashi began the study of piano at the age of five with her mother, and later entered Tokyo University of the arts, where she received her M.A., studying with Yutaka Ito, Ray Lev, and George Vasarhelyi.

Since her first public recital in 1970, she has been active in the field of new music. Composers such as John Cage, Morton Feldman, Isang Yun, Joji Yuasa, Toshi Ichiyanagi, Carl Stone, Maki Ishii, and Takehisa Kosugi have created works especially for her. In addition, she has also displayed her talent and technique performing works by Messaien, Boulez, Xenakis, Takemitsu, and her brother Yuji Takahashi.

She has toured extensively throughout the U.S., Europe, and Asia, appearing in numerous recitals and international festivals including the Berlin Festival Week, the Paris Autumn Fesival, the Holland Festival, New Music America, Berlin's Meta Musik, and the First New York Festival of the Arts.

She is also active as a member of Sound Space ARK, a contemporary music ensemble, and as director of the "New Ears" concert series in Yokohama since 1983. She received the first Kyoto Music Award in 1986.

Aki Takahashi was Artist-in-Residence at the State University of New York at Buffalo from 1980-81 and a guest professor at the California Institute of the Arts in 1984-85.

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