Sakuyahime, Izumi Okuwaki, Tomomi Kohno
Biography Sakuyahime, Izumi Okuwaki, Tomomi Kohno
Tomomi Kohno
She has won prizes at domestic and international competitions such as the Tokyo International Guitar Competition and the Asia International Guitar Competition.
The CDs include “Prayer” (2013), Jazz Classical Collection “Luxe” (2015), All Bach Album “The BACH” (2017), Spanish Collection “The Spain” (2019) from Art Infini. Both releases have been rated as special editions by Record Art Magazines in Japan. In 2020, at Suntory Hall, with Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra she performed two major guitar concertos, “Concierto de Aranjuez” and “Fantasía para un gentilhombre” under the direction of Toshiaki Umeda, and released as a live album in the fall（Asahi newspaper recommendation board）. In 2022, she formed “Duo Passione” with violinist Eriko Iso and released their first album “Gracia”.
So far, she has been invited to perform concerts in countries such as Europe, Russia, Asia, and South America. In 2022, she was invited to tour the East Coast of the United States, and in 2023 she was invited again to the Vietnam Guitar Festival. She also performed in a baroque ensemble in the Netherlands with recorder Mikala Petri and members of the Amsterdam Guitar Trio. She had successfully toured Spain in Barcelona and Valencia, including concerts at the Sagrada Familia church.
Graduated from Japan Women’s University, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of Contemporary Sociology. She also teaches and trains the next generation at Showa University of Music and at her own music school.
