Artist Profile
Saori Inajima
Born in Hokkaido and raised in Chiba Prefecture. Saori Inajima studied at the Toho Gakuen Music High School, the Toho Gakuen College Music Department, and after completing a research program at the College she went on to become a Toho Gakuen resident performer. In addition to being selected through an audition process, while she was still a student, to play a piano concerto with the Toho Orchestra Academy, she was selected to perform in College concerts, High School and College graduation concerts and performed as a representative of graduating students at the 12th Newcomer Concert organized by the Japan Piano Technicians Association. Saori has won prizes in a number of competitions, such as the Student Music Concours of Japan, the International Chopin Piano Competition in ASIA, the PTNA Piano Competition etc. In recent years, she has appeared in several music festivals and concerts in Japan, Czech Republic, France and Poland. She has also performed at various elementary and junior high schools with members of the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra as part of a children's educational program organized by the Agency for Cultural Affairs. She studied piano with Harumi Iida, Shoko Kusuhara and Yoshimi Tamaki, and solfège and harmony with Kunio Sasaki. She has taken part in many masterclasses by renowned pianists in Japan and abroad. Currently she is active as pianist, piano teacher, and developer of piano teaching materials.