Saori Sarina Ohno (born 1970 in

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) is pianist who was raised in

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Education

Ohno began playing the piano at the age of four. At sixteen, she entered the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in

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, Germany, as a student of Lieselotte Gierth and Gerd Lohmeyer. After receiving her master's degree, she continued her studies at

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where she received an Artist Diploma as a student of

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. She also obtained a Graduate Chamber Music Diploma from the

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. In 2005, she received her doctoral degree from the Graduate Center of the

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. Her doctoral dissertation was titled "The Piano Chamber Music of Maurice Ravel." Additionally, she studied with Rita Sloan, Joseph Kalichstein and Lev Natochenny.

Awards

Ohno was the winner of the German National Youth Competition

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in 1986, the 1992 E. Nakamichi Piano Competition in

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, the 1994 Indiana University Piano Competition and won top prizes at the prestigious Fischoff and Coleman Chamber Music Competitions.

Style

Ohno concertizes extensively as a soloist, recitalist and chamber musician in Europe, the United States, Japan and Taiwan. She is on the faculty of

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In 2010, she released her first CD of piano music by Maurice Ravel (WWCC-7662). Her second CD features piano compositions by Robert Schumann. Both albums received critical acclaim and were awarded a "Special Selection" by ''Recording Arts Magazine'' (レコード芸術特選盤)

External links

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