Megumi Miyazato is an accomplished pianist, educator, and composer who maintains an active career spanning multiple musical genres from classical to jazz. Currently serving as a part-time lecturer at Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts and Okinawa Women’s Junior College, she divides her time between performing, teaching, and creative projects. After completing studies at the Toho Gakuen School of Music’s Performance Department (Piano) in Tokyo, she pursued graduate studies at Mannes College of Music (now part of The New School University) in New York, earning a Master’s degree in Piano Performance.
Her principal teachers include Nana Hamaguchi, Fujiko Yamada, and Jerome Rose for piano, Dr. Chin Kim for chamber music, Michael Weiss for jazz piano, and Keiko Harada for composition.
Her competition successes include First Prize and Grand Prix at the 26th Okinawa Prefectural High School Music Contest, Gold Prize and Grand Prix at the 22nd All-Kyushu High School Music Competition, First Prize and Music Festival Award at the 44th All-Ryukyu Music Festival, and selection for the 9th Okiden Sugar Hall New Artist Concert. She have also been recognized with the Dorothy MacKenzie Artist Recognition Scholarship Award.
During her time at Toho Gakuen, she was selected to perform in The Students’ Concerts and participated in prestigious summer programs including the Master Classes of Saint-Malo (France), Rencontres Musicales en Lorraine in Nancy (France), and the International Keyboard Institute and Festival in New York.
Based in New York after graduation, she expanded her musical horizons beyond classical performance, actively engaging in chamber music, pop, chanson, soul jazz, cabaret/theater, and musical theater accompaniment. Her versatility extends to composition and arranging, providing musical works for various musicians and participating in recordings as a support pianist and keyboardist. She has also collaborated with visual artists on interdisciplinary projects. Since returning to Japan, she has been actively involved in concert produce and performance, playing at resort hotels and live music venues, writing essays, and running her own piano studio.
She serves as a jury member for the Burgmüller Competition, Okinawa Piano Competition, and the Nursery Teacher Examination.
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