KAZUYO TSUNEHIRO

She was born in Japan. At the age of 13 she attended her first percussion and piano lessons. She studied humanities at the Waseda University in Tokyo. She continued her studies in classical percussion at the Higher Music Academy of Detmold where she obtained her bachelor and master in chamber music. She is a member of the Oros Ensemble and a regular collaborator of the Haydn Orchestra of Bolzano and Trento in Italy. She has collaborated with numerous orchestras in Germany and Italy (Dortmund Philharmonic, North West German Philharmonic, Landestheater Detmold, Orchestra of Tuscany), while she has taken part in productions of the Greek National Opera Alternative Stage and the Athens Epidaurus Festival. With Kostas Argyropoulos they have created the percussion ensemble Kazukos Duo with performances in Europe and Japan. She has attended masterclasses and studied under Keiko Abe, Jean Geoffroy, Nancy Zeltsman, Schoichi Kubo, Klaus Bertagnolli, Taijiro Miyazaki, Sven Pollkötter, Georgi Varbanov, Jan Wissink, David Punto, Thomas Lutz.