AYAKO TSURUTA, pianist
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Feb 4, 2025 - Oboe Recital with Alison Robuck, at the Voxman Music Building Recital Hall in the University of Iowa School of Music in Iowa City.
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2024 Kids@Heart: Carnival of the Animals and Friends at the Odyssey Chamber Music Series
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2022 Kids@Heart: Carnival of the Animals and Friends at Odyssey Chamber Music Series
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2020 Spring Studio Recital on Zoom! We were joined by dear colleagues Dr. Stanley and Mrs. Anne Manahan, and my husband Dr. Peter Miyamoto.
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Selected 2017 pianists from the 16th Piano Showcase sponsored by the Missouri Symphony Society
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2017 OCMF Last Class Day at MU
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Selected 2016 pianists from the 15th Piano Showcase sponsored by the Missouri Symphony Society
2016 Odyssey Chamber Music Festival at Mizzou
2016 Odyssey Chamber Music Festival Staff, Faculty & Friends
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2016 January 16 in Columbia, Missouri: The ultimate Kids@Heart: A Children's Concert, featuring "Carnival of the Animals - Missouriana edition" with 21 violinist donkeys, 17 cellist swans, 5 world premieres of Missouri composers, and 3 mystery (but very familiar) guests!
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2015 New York Summer Music Festival - Piano Ensemble Session I
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Odyssey Chamber Music Series' "Kids at Heart - A Children's Concert: Dance Music" on January 17, 2015. The concert program included 15 various ensembles with 30 pianists from various studios of Mid-Missouri Area Music Teachers Association (MMAMTA) participating. More pictures are posted at www.facebook.com/OdysseyMissouri
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2014 Piano Ensemble, Session II: Renee Danlei Yang and Philppe Gaspoz, in Khachaturian's Saber Dance arranged by Greg Anderson, coached by Ayako Tsuruta
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Odyssey Chamber Music Series' "Kids at Heart - A Children's Concert" on January 18, 2014. The concert program included Saint-Saens 'Carnival of the Animals' with over 20 pianists from various piano studios of Mid-Missouri Area Music Teachers Association (MMAMTA) participating. More pictures are posted at www.facebook.com/OdysseyMissouri
Pianists' "Jazz Hands"
Proud to be their teachers!
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"Carnival of the Pianists" Piano Ensemble Concert on Wednesday, July 31, 2013. This special evening concert featured the faculty and staff of the 2013 New York Summer Music Festival in Oneonta.
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Piano program (after intermission): Chopin Scherzo No. 2, Copland 'The Cat and the Mouse,' Chopin Nocturne Op. 9 No. 1, Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
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Piano (after brief intermission): Prokofiev Sonata No. 3, Bach Partita No. 4 (Ouverture & Allemande), and Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No. 11
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1996 Steans Institute at the Ravinia Festival in Chicago. Faculty included Claude Frank, Gary Hoffman, Bernard Greenhouse, Paul Biss, Miriam Fried, Atar Arad, and more, in addition to master classes that included Leon Fleisher.
  • ABOUT
  • Performances
    • Odyssey
    • Plowman
  • Studio
    • Technique
  • COLUMBIA MUSIC SCHOOL
  • Contact
  • Gallery
  • Private