Yoshie Kubota

A native of Kyoto, Japan, Yoshie Kubota has lived in New York City since 1988. Now she lives in Baltimore,MD since 2006. Ms. Kubota has appeared as a soloist with orchestra in Japan under the batton of Mr. Yutaka Sado. She has appeared on Radio FM Osaka and performed in major cities in Japan, including Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Chiba, Kochi and Kyoto. In the United States she has performed in CA, OH, DC, CT, WV, PA, NJ, MD, NY include at Lincoln Center. Yoshie has a Master of Music degree in piano performance from the Mannes College of Music (New York City) in 1990. She also attended the Kusatsu International Summer Music Academy and Festival(Japan), Salzburg Music Festival(Austria) and Nice Summer Music Academy(France). Her teachers include Grant Johannesen, Toshiyuki Fukumoto, Tsugiko Oshibuchi, and Katsuko Fukumoto. Masterclasses with Edith Picht-Axenfeld (Japan), Jaques Rouvier (France). Yoshie is a member of a chamber group"Baltimore Canon" since 2006. She was an official accompanist and assistant faculty member at International Music Institute and Festival U.S.A. summer 2006 & 2007. Yoshie started to compose her original music since 2006 spring and already made more than 20 pieces by now. "Yoshie Kubota is a most musical performer, with a capacity to interpret, brilliantly, many styles of music. She comes equipped with a strong technique, a cultivated expression. A lovely person, into the bargain!"---Recommedation by Grant Johannesen: Well-known concert pianist Press reviews: "......salute to Yoshie Kubota, who played a pleasurable lunch-time recital of piano music of Mozart, Schumann and Beethoven...." by Peter G. Davis : New York Magazine (August 15, 1994)