| Biography | Noriko Kawai studied with Phyllis Sellick and Yonty Solomon at the Royal College of Music in London and with Rodolfo Caporali at the Academia di Santa Cecilia in Rome. Before her move to the United States in 2007, she served as professor of piano at the Royal College of Music in London. She has given numerous recitals and broadcasts throughout the world and is well known for the extraordinary range of her repertoire, from Renaissance composers to new music, and innovative programs juxtaposing standard and contemporary works.
In recent seasons Kawai has appeared at festivals in Aldeburgh, Bath, Huddersfield, Macerata, Paris, Strasbourg, Brussels, Berlin, Valencia, Oslo, Bludenz, Alicante, Rome, and Venice. She has given concerts with the Leopold String Trio, the Arditti Quartet, and the Quatuor Diotima and duo recitals with violinist Irvine Arditti and cellist Rohan de Saram. |