Musical Director of Instrumental Music and Drama

 Yumiko Meguri was born in Tokyo, Japan. After graduating from Toho-Gakuen School of Music, she continued to study under Gyorgy Sebok and Stephen Kovacevich at Indiana University and completed her study with the highest honors.
 She has released various CDs (Baroque, Classic, Romantic and Contemporary Music). Especially, she passionately plays modern music like Igor Stravinsky and Bela Bartok's pieces. Her intellectual interpretations and dramatic style of performance have acquired the overwhelming response.
 Her solo recitals in Tokyo in 1989, 91, 93, 97 were chosen as "Best 10 Concerts of the Year" and "Best 3 Hot Concerts" by the Ongaku-no-Tomo, a prestigious monthly music magazine in Japan. She was invited by numerous orchestras, including Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra and All Japan Phil Harmony as their guest piano soloist. In 2000, she played the Japan premier performance of Toru Takemitsu's work "Arc" with Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra.
 She currently teaches in the Music Department, Toho-Gakuen School of Music. She also serves as the music director in "Instrumental Music and Drama", in that she tries to establish a new artistic expression by harmonizing music, words and drama. She is more than just a pianist. Her profound knowledge for the arts and fertile creativity is outstanding.