Pianist Yuko Izuhara-Gordon gave her New York debut at Alice Tully Hall with the Juilliard Symphony under the baton of Otto Werner Muller, which established her as one of today’s most accomplished young pianists. Ms. Izuhara-Gordon was honored with the prestigious NHK and Nomura awards. She is a first prize winner at the All-Japan National Student Competition, Toho Gakuen School of Music Concerto Competition, The Juilliard School Concerto Competition, as well as a third prize winner at the Città di Cantù International Piano Competition.
Ms. Izuhara-Gordon’s early studies were with her mother and later with Baruch Arnon, a professor at The Juilliard School. In Japan, she attended the Toho Gakuen
School of Music as a student of Michiko Okamoto and Hidemitsu Hayashi. In 2002 and 2003 she was the sole recipient from Japan of a coveted education grant from the Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs. The grant fully funded Ms. Izuhara-Gordon’s studies at The Juilliard School where she received BM and MM degrees under the tutelage of Joseph Kalichstein and Yoheved Kaplinsky.
In addition to performing, she is on faculty at the Settlement Music School, and coaching chamber music and piano at the University of Pennsylvania. Ms. Izuhara-Gordon currently resides in Philadelphia with her husband and their two dogs Kiki and Tito.
For more information about the artist, please visit www.yukoizuhara.com or www.pianotree.com.
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