Piano Faculty

Akiko Yamazaki

Pianist Akiko Yamazaki has performed extensively as soloist and chamber musician in venues including Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall. She has appeared as soloist with the Raleigh Symphony Orchestra and the University Symphony Orchestra at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Akiko has appeared as a guest artist at universities including Utah State University, and University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point. An avid chamber musician, she has collaborated with the members of the North Carolina Symphony and the faculty at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. As a pedagogue, she is active as a presenter, adjudicator, and master class clinician. Her students have won prizes at local, regional and national competitions. She has been on the faculty at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill International Chamber Music Workshop, and UNCG Summer Music Camp. Akiko holds a DMA from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She studied under the tutelage of John Salmon for piano, and Andrew Willis for harpsichord and fortepiano. She holds a MM from Northwestern University and a BM with highest distinction from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her primary teachers include James Giles and Mayron Tsong.