The 150th memorial of Burgmüller ~Dedicated to Piano Boys & Girls ~
Produced by Hall Advisor Naomi Matsui

Naomi Matsui graduated from Kunitachi College of Music, where she also completed a master’s program. She continued her studies at the Freiburg State University of Music where she obtained her Konzertexamen with highest distinction. She has won first prize in various national and international competitions, including the 2nd Japan Organ Competition and the 21st Budapest International Competition. She gives recitals regularly in Japan, Europe, and Asia, and has been actively involved in performing with major orchestras worldwide. Her eight-year project “J.S. Bach: Complete Works for Organ,” which began in 2014 at Musashino Civic Cultural Hall and has just concluded in 2022, has received rave reviews. Currently, she serves as organ advisor and instructor at Musashino Civic Cultural Hall, as well as at MUZA Kawasaki Symphony Hall. She is professor emerita at Seitoku University.

official website　https://www.tokyo-concerts.co.jp/artists/naomi-matsui/

Mari Ohki graduated with her Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees from Tokyo University of the Arts. She studied at Musikhochschule Lübeck and Hochschule für Musik Detmold. She won the 1st Prize at Internationaler Buxtehude Orgelwettbewerb and 3rd Prize at Prague Spring International Music Competition. She has appeared as a concert organist in numerous cities in both Japan and Europe. She is a hall organist of Muza Kawasaki Symphony Hall.

Poet, music and literary critic, Professor, Faculty of Letters, Arts and Sciences School of Culture, Media and Society, Waseda University