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Masumi Yamamoto has performed across the UK and abroad as a soloist and continuo player. She was a prize winner at the prestigious International Harpsichord Competition in Bruges in 2007 and became the first Japanese harpsichordist to reach the finals in 21 years. She was also a semi-finalist in the International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition in Leipzig (2006), a runner-up in the Broadwood Harpsichord Competition in London (2007), and a finalist in the Fenton House Keyboard Ensemble Competition (2008) with ensemble Corona Baroque.
Currently undertaking a PhD in Performance at the University of York, Masumi balances her time between performing, teaching and researching. She will be broadcast on Radio 3 for their programme “Discovering Music” with St. James’s Baroque and the BBC singers later this year and has appeared with orchestras including the International Baroque Players and Camerata of London.
Masumi graduated with a University Medal from the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University in Brisbane Australia where she studied the piano with Leah Horwitz. She was subsequently granted an Australian Postgraduate Awardand completed her Master of Music degree on a full scholarship. In the UK, she studied at the Royal Academy of Music and Trinity College of Music where she studied with James Johnstone and later awarded “The English Concert” Junior Fellowship with ensemble Melopoetica.
Masumi's 2010 engagements include a concert of music for two harpsichords at St. George’s Bristol, chamber and solo recitals in London and JS Bach’s multiple-keyboard concertos in Australia.
