Described as "a natural performer and communicator", Pianist Yukiko Akagi has been lauded as "a pianist who displays a unique temperament and vitality" - New York Concert Review.
Born in Tokyo, she made her debut in New York's Carnegie Hall in October 2004, highly praised by the critics. Since then her career has blossomed throughout the United States, performing in some of its most important venues, such as Alice Tully Hall and Merkin Hall at Lincoln Center. The Columbian hails her as "...a pianist of great presence, who took everyone's breath away with her superb playing", and the New York Sun highlights her "gigantic performance" of Rachmaninoff's Second Piano Sonata. Her performances have been recorded and broadcasted by New York's WQXR, Portland's KBPS and CVTV, Cleveland's WCL, Chicago's WFMT, and Spanish National Television..... ( Read more on www.yukiko-akagi.com)