Sakurai, Shiori

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Last updated:December 23, 2022
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Hailing from Yokohama, she graduated from the Piano Department of Toho Gakuen School of Music, where she studied under Ikuyo Nakamichi.
In Reiwa 1 (2019), she participated in the Cabinet Office's Youth International Exchange Program "Ship for World Youth" (SWY32).
She has won awards in both domestic and international music competitions and furthered her studies in Salzburg, London, and Munich.
Beyond English, she utilizes diverse languages, performs traditional instruments and folk songs from various countries worldwide,
and develops music workshops and participatory concerts.
In 2014, she was selected as a dispatched trainee to 'Casa da Música,' a prominent music institution in Portugal. Following her training there, she was appointed as a workshop leader for the 'Music Program TOKYO Workshop Workshop! International Collaboration Project,' organized by the Tokyo Bunka Kaikan (Public Interest Incorporated Foundation).
In recent years, her activities have expanded internationally; in 2022, she made her debut as the first Japanese artist to perform at Festival Papagaio in Aveiro, Portugal.
Her fascination with the Middle Eastern world began during her visit to the United Arab Emirates in 2014. Between 2018 and 2019, she visited the region a total of seven times, including Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. She also performs on the oud, an instrument central to the Middle Eastern music sphere.
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