Pianist Akiko Tsukamoto is an active solo, collaborated in chamber music and piano duo musician. She came to the United States in 1999 and attended the Yale school of Music. Akiko has performed concerts with former Yale Professor Jerry Woodall for five years and she has performed extensively around the New England area including the Whitney Center Concert series in New Haven, CT, the Afternoon Concert series in Boston among others.

 

         Akiko is native of Japan. She began her early musical training as a pianist at the age of four and won the Nagasaki Music Competition three years in a row since she was fifteen years old. A winner of the Nishinihon International Music Competition in 1990, she has performed as a soloist and collaborated with members of the Kyushu Philharmonic Orchestra. Akiko received a Bachelor’s degree in Music in piano performance from the Toho Gakuen School of Music in Japan. She was a lecturer at the Toho Gakuen College of Drama and Music, and the Yamaha Music School.  

 

        Akiko has been an enthusiastic music educator. Currently, she maintains private piano studio in Watertown MA where she enjoys teaching with both children and adults. She is teaching more than 30 years and her students have received awards of recognition in Renee B. Fisher Competition, Connecticut International Young Artist Competition and Massachusetts Music Teachers Association Judged Festival.

 

　She is a member of the Massachusetts Music Teachers Association, Music Teachers National Association and the Lexington Music Club.

 

She is also a certified teacher of the Alexander Technique (the method of playing piano without tension both mentally and physically) and a member of the American Society for the Alexander Technique since 2016. 

 

       Akiko Tsukamoto is the President/Executive Director of the Boston Charity Concert since 2013- an annual concert that fundraises for charities in the Greater Boston area. This is also the aim of concert to provide an exciting performance opportunity to help inspire the next generation of young musicians. 

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好きな曲をピアノで弾きたい、

そんな気持ちになったことはありませんか？

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みなさまに、音楽の美しさを心から感じて、生涯、

ピアノや音楽を楽しんでいただくことを願いご指導しています。

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初めてピアノに向かわれる方、

再開したい、と思われている方、

ピアノが上手になりたい、

彩のある生活を送りたい、

若さや健康を保ちたい、

そんな方はお気軽にご連絡ください。

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日本語プロフィールはこちらから

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Testimonial 

 "I started learning with Akiko when I was eight and I’ve been learning with her for 3 ½ years. In the course of that time I feel like I have grown a lot and now have a much better overall understanding of the piano and really improved my technical skills. I like how she is always very patient and kind, and helps me work through problems. I get to work on fun songs that challenge my skills, and learn about their styles and composers, different techniques and how to express myself through the music. At the end of the lesson I have always learned something new."

                                                                                               -D.S 6 grade

About Ms. Akiko's teaching style

 ”Piano, I’ve realized, has to do with both playing the right notes and understanding emotion. When I first started playing the piano I just read the notes of the sheet music without stopping to think about what the piece was actually about, what the composer was trying to convey through the music. Ms.Akiko was the first teacher that ever asked me, “What do you see when you're playing this piece?”. She taught me how to convey my emotions into a piece, and how to truly connect with it. ”   - K. M 8 grade 

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 "Ms. Akiko  has been teaching piano to our son Pranav since we moved to MA 5 years ago . Pranav has grown so much in his piano learning and has grown to enjoy his music thanks to Ms. Akiko ‘s piano acumen, dedication and experience. Ms . Akiko’s unique teaching style , her able direction to her students teaching  both the breadth and depth of piano learning is invaluable.

 

Pranav has learned through his musical journey with Ms. Akiko the importance of being thorough , methodical , be nuanced, enjoy the learning process and apply these same qualities to his academics and day to interactions with others .

 

We hope that Pranav will continue his musical  journey with the able guidance of a wonderful teacher like Ms. Akiko for a long time to come .  He is very very lucky to learn and grow under her guidance."     - V.P & P.V

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娘が塚本先生にお世話になって6年になります。先生の深い音楽の知識やご経験、根気強いご指導のおかげで、娘はピアノの技術だけでなく、音楽を心から楽しめるようになりました。いつも熱心にご指導いただき、本当に感謝しています。

娘は塚本先生にピアノを習って物事を丁寧に学ぶことの楽しさを知り、それらの姿勢を勉強や普段の生活にも活かすようになっていることがとても嬉しいです。

これからも楽しんでピアノを続けてくれることを願っています。

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　ーY.S

 

私は1年生から晶子先生にピアノを習い始め、今6年半教えてもらっています。その間に自分がとても成長し、ピアノに対する理解が深まり、技術的にも大きく上達したと感じています。

先生はいつもとても優しく、忍耐強く教えてくださり、問題を一緒に解決してくれるところが好きです。

自分のスキルを伸ばせる楽しい曲に取り組みながら、その曲のスタイルや作曲家について学び、さまざまな演奏のテクニックや音楽を通じた表現方法を学ぶことができます。

レッスンの終わりには、必ず何か新しいことを学んでいます。これからもピアノを続けていきたいと思っています。

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晶子先生のレッスンを毎回楽しみにしています。ピアノは、正しい音を弾くことだけでなく、感情を理解することも大切なのだと気づきました。

ピアノを始めたばかりの頃は、楽譜の音符をただ読んで弾くだけで、その曲が何を表現しているのか、作曲家が音楽を通して何を伝えようとしているのかを考えたことはありませんでした。

でも晶子先生は、初めて私に『この曲を弾いているとき、どんな情景が浮かぶ？』と問いかけてくれた先生でした。

先生は、私の感情を音楽に込める方法、そして本当に曲とつながることの大切さを教えてくれました。発表会では、まだ弾いたことのない作曲家の曲などにチャレンジしていきたいです。

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