Yumiko Oshima-Ryan

Dr. Oshima-Ryan is an active performer of both solo and collaborative works.Her awards include first place in the Wurlitzer Collegiate Artist Competition and second place in the International Beethoven Piano Sonata Competition.

Since 1995 she has been incorporating contemporary Japanese piano works into her repertoire.  She has performed these works nationally and internationally (Tokyo, Toronto, and San Juan) including world premieres of new works by Japanese composers.

Her compact disk, “From Afar -- Japanese Contemporary Music,” highlights music by Toru Takemitsu, Michio Mamiya, Akira Miyoshi, and Masao Homma.  Dr. Oshima-Ryan’s live performances of these works have been broadcast on the National Public Radio affiliate in Pittsburgh (WQED).

She remains in demand as an adjudicator of piano competitions and as a workshop clinician.  She has presented lecture-recitals and workshops throughout the US, including College Music Society national conventions (Quebec City, Canada, San Francisco, Miami Florida).   Her article “Role of Memorization in Piano Education” was published in Clavier, one of leading keyboard pedagogy magazines (2006).

A native of Japan, Dr. Oshima-Ryan graduated from Toho Music Academy in Tokyo and earned a Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati.  Her piano teachers include Eunice Norton (a pupil of Arthur Schnabel), Menahem Pressler, Eugene Pridonoff, Richard Syracuse, Jerome Rose, and Satoko Tokumaru.

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