Pianiste
Born in Japan, Mahoko Nakano began playing the piano at the age of four.
At the age of ten, she played for six months in the weekly programme :
'Piano Lessons' on NHK.
After graduating from the Tōhō Gakuen High School of Music, and the Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna, she went on to become a soloist.
Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna,
Mahoko Nakano had the chance to stay in France at the Cité International des Arts.
This opportunity led her to continue her studies at the École Normale de Musique de Paris, where she obtained the 'Diplôme Supérieur de Musique de Paris'.
Diplôme Supérieur de Concertiste', with unanimous approval from the jury.
Selected as a scholarship student at the Banff Centre for the Arts, she was able to travel to Canada for three months, where she gave a number of concerts with guest artists, including the St. Lawrence String Quartet and the principal bassoon of the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra.
Mahoko has also won numerous international competitions:
Rovere d'Oro Grand Prize
IBLA Grand Prize
Albert Roussel in Sofia
Masterplayers International Music Competition in Lugano
And in May 2022, she became the first Japanese woman to win a gold medal from the 'Universal League of the Public Good', an agency associated with the United States.
Public Good', an agency associated with the United Nations.
She is a regular guest in Europe and Asia:
Salle Cortot, Les Nouveaux Virtuoses
L'Estran, the Polignac Foundation
House of Japanese Culture in Paris
Reid Hall, Columbia Global Centers
Château Cayrou
Château Sévérac
Musashino Shimin Bunka Kaikan, the Musashino Curtural Foundation
Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, Main Hall / Recital Hall
Beijing Concert Hall
The Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan
Kioi Hall
Yamaha Hall
Kawaguchi Lilia Hall
Kawai Salon
Bechstein Salon
In Japanese Embassies :
Ambassador's residence in Neuilly, France
Ambassador's residence in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Ambassador's residence in Beijing, China
At local music festivals,
♪ Festival Pierre Cardin in Lacoste
♪ Musicacoustica Beijing Festival
♪ Summer Festival at the Château de la Petite Malmaison
♪ Summer Festival in SUGINAMI
♪ The 3rd Asia Festival in Beijing
♪ Festival Musicale delle Alpi Marittime
♪ Varna Summer International Music Festival in Bulgaria
Her stage partners include Gérard Poulet, Alain Meunier, Thomas Prévost...
She has been invited to write for music magazines and has written numerous articles, notably on Chopin.
She has recorded two solo albums: 'Live' and 'Le Temps Romantique',
and collaborated with the Quatuor Elysée on the album 'Au coeur du Romantisme Slave' ('At the heart of Slavonic Romanticism')
which was awarded 5 stars by Classica on the Kings International label.
Alongside her concert activities, Mahoko Nakano teaches at the Faculty of Music at Ferris University.
at Ferris University, she has been a guest judge at a number of international competitions, and has given master classes at national conservatories of music.
Classes at the National Conservatories of Music in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenyang and Xi'an.
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