Pianist Noriko Nagasawa
has performed extensively as a soloist after winning
Artists International's Special Presentation Award. She
gave a recital at Carnegie's Weill Recital Hall during
the 1998 season receiving highest critical acclaim. In
1999, she offered her second recital at Carnegie's Weill
Recital Hall, presented by Artists International as an
Alumnus-Winner. Her concerto appearances include the
Asunción Symphony in Paraguay.
Since 2001 she performs as a colaborator with Clarinetist
Oskar Espina Ruiz in the United States, Europe and Asia.
As a founding member of Ernach Trio, she has toured Spain
every year since 1994 and, in 2000, she recorded a CD for
Prion.
Since 2000 her programs have opened up to the Spanish
repertoire, both for solo piano as well as accompanying
Clarinetist Oskar Espina Ruiz. A direct result of this
work is the double CD Julián Menéndez Rediscovered and
her first solo CD, Spanish Rhapsody, both of them
released by Kobaltone in 2003 and 2004.
Since 1995, she has been on the faculty of The Mannes
College of Music Preparatory Division, teaching piano and
technique of music.
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