NATSUMI OHNO

Pianist Natsumi Ohno was born in Japan and began studying music in Tokyo. She later completed her Konzertexamen with Prof. Bernd Goetzke at the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover. In addition to her soloist training, she specialised in song accompaniment in Justus Zeyen's class as well as instrument accompaniment for strings and woodwinds. During her studies, she received stipends from Tokyo College of Music as well as the Yehudi Menuhin foundation "Live Music Now".

Natsumi Ohno is an awardee of the International Chamber Music Competition 'Premio Trio di Trieste' and of the International Piano Competition 'Citta di Sulmona' in Italy. She has appeared as an accompanist at a variety of violin competitions, music festivals and masterclasses, including the Joseph Joachim International Violin Competition Hannover, Singapore International Violin Competition, the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, recitals at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, the International Festival of Young Violin Masters Lindau, the IMAS International Music Academy in Germany, the International Holland Music Sessions, the Morges Music Academy in Switzerland, the Summer Academy Cervo and the International Music Academy of Cagliari in Italy, Strings Concert Academy in San Marino and Gdansk Music Festival in Poland. She has worked with such celebrated professors as Krzysztof Wegrzyn, Pierre Amoyal, Hatto Beyerle, Dag Jensen, Martin Ostertag, György Pauk, Ulf Schneider, Krzysztof Smietana, Andriy Viytovych und Tilmann Wick.

Natsumi Ohno is full time faculty at the Hochschule für Musik, Theater and Medien Hannover.

Photo Credits: Zuzanna Specjal