Noriko Nagasawa, piano

Pianist Noriko Nagasawa has performed extensively as a soloist after winning Artists International's Special Presentation Award. She gave a recital at Carnegie's Weill Recital Hall during the 1998 season receiving highest critical acclaim. In 1999, she offered her second recital at Carnegie's Weill Recital Hall, presented by Artists International as an Alumnus-Winner. Her concerto appearances include the Asunción Symphony in Paraguay.

Since 2001 she performs as a colaborator with Clarinetist Oskar Espina Ruiz in the United States, Europe and Asia. As a founding member of Ernach Trio, she has toured Spain every year since 1994 and, in 2000, she recorded a CD for Prion.

Since 2000 her programs have opened up to the Spanish repertoire, both for solo piano as well as accompanying Clarinetist Oskar Espina Ruiz. A direct result of this work is the double CD Julián Menéndez Rediscovered and her first solo CD, Spanish Rhapsody, both of them released by Kobaltone in 2003 and 2004.

Since 1995, she has been on the faculty of The Mannes College of Music Preparatory Division, teaching piano and technique of music.