Sachiko Furuhata-Kersting
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Sachiko Furuhata-Kersting (祥子・古畑=ケルスティング; born August 12, 1965) is a Japanese concert pianist.[1]
Biography[edit]
Born in Yokohama, Japan, Furuhata-Kersting started piano lessons at the age of three. After winning the New Pianist competition in Japan, she relocated to Germany to study at the University of Music in Detmold and Robert Schumann Hochschule in Düsseldorf. Her instructors included Arnulf von Arnim, Roberto Szidon, Detlev Kraus, Naoyuki Taneda, and Willem Brons. She has also completed master classes in Salzburg, Austria (with Prof. Liske), Weimar, Germany (with Prof. Ringeissen) and Sion, Switzerland (with Prof. Roberto Szidon). She has been invited to perform across Europe, including in Italy, Spain, Germany, Switzerland, Netherlands, and Japan. Her recordings are published under the classical label Oehms Classics.
Her recorded works of Beethoven and Schumann won the Music Arena Performance of the Year designation for 2014 in Japan.[2] In 2012, she was named a “Steinway Artist” by Steinway & Sons of New York and Hamburg.[3]
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