Ryoko Yano

After graduating from Tokyo University of the Arts, she entered the Conservatoire de Paris on a French government scholarship. She won first place at the Tibor Varga International Competition and the special prize for new music, and performed the world premiere of Metlow's Concerto No. 3, which was broadcast in 50 countries. She won the highest prize at the Geneva International Competition and was invited to perform in various parts of Europe. She has performed in concerts with the Brandenburg-Frankfurt State Orchestra, the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kazuhiro Koizumi, the Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra, the New Japan Philharmonic conducted by Arming, and the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Kenichiro Kobayashi. She is a Chanel Pygmalion Days 2008 artist and a Music Dialogue artist. In 2017, she became the second soloist of the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra.