Kimiko Imani

Born in Japan, pianist Kimiko Imani made her successful début as soloist with the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra in Suntory Hall. She continued to make a great number of appearances with orchestras in Japan and Germany while studying in Detmold toward a concert exam diploma under the tutelage of Prof. Anatol Ugorski. Awarded with the Prize of the Society for the Advancement of Culture in Westphalia (GWK), Kimiko Imani is a highly dedicated chamber musician. She is invited on a regular basis to perform at international festivals and concert series in Europe and Asia (including the Tokyo Spring, SONY Music Foundation, the Palau in Barcelona, and the Francis Poulenc Whitsun Music Festival in Berry, France).
Kimiko Imani’s musical partners include eminent musicians such as bassoonist Sergio Azzolini and oboist Maurice Bourgue. Together, they formed the Maurice Bourgue Trio in 2011, an outstanding ensemble that has performed at important international classical music venues and has just recorded its first CD.
Imani has made further chamber music recordings for GWK Records and Deutschlandradio. She also pursues an artistic collaboration with violinist Keiko Urushihara. Imani’s profound knowledge of oboe repertoire has led her to perform with world class soloists including Albrecht Mayer, Emanuel Abbühl, Jonathan Kelly, Lucas Macías Navarro and Ivan Podyomov leading to engagements at oboe competitions and masterclasses of worldwide recognition including the Musicale de Villecroze and the Slokar International Academy. She currently teaches at Berlin University of the Arts and the Hanns Eisler University of Music in Berlin.