Sanae Yoshida

Sanae Yoshida is an Oslo-based pianist performing both contemporary and classical repertoire, both as a solo and chamber/ensemble musician. She has been working closely with a number of composers and has premiered a large number of works.
  She is a founding member of Ensemble Temporum, a Norwegian ensemble for contemporary music, and the pianist of Ensemble Ernst. Yoshida has recorded chamber works by Monrad Johansen (the CD was nominated to Spellemannprisen, Norway’s Grammy, in the classical music category) and Halfdan Cleve (SIMAX), and solo/chamber works by Øyvind Mæland (LAWO Classics).
  After her studies in Toho Gakuen School of Music in Tokyo, Sanae Yoshida went to Norway to study with prof. Jiri Hlinka at the Barratt Due Academy of Music, and later on she studied with prof. Håkon Austbø. From 2017, she was undertaking artistic research at the Norwegian Academy of Music.