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Yoshikazu Nagai
Piano; String and Piano Chamber Music
Praised by audiences and critics alike for his fresh interpretations and dramatic presentation style, Yoshikazu Nagai has performed as soloist and chamber musician internationally, including recently acclaimed recitals in Taiwan’s National Recital Hall, Hong Kong, Italy, Canada, Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theatre, Carnegie Recital Hall, Merkin Concert Hall, Seattle’s Benaroya Hall, Phillips Collection in Washington D.C., NPR’s Performance Today, and at the Aspen, Sarasota and Spoleto music festivals. A winner of numerous international competitions, including first prize at the 2002 Washington International Piano Competition, he is recognized by the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts, and gives frequent master classes throughout the United States and Asia. Mr. Nagai’s students have been top prizewinners of several national and international piano and chamber music competitions. Principal teachers include John Perry at Rice University, Paul Schenly at the Cleveland Institute of Music (M.M.), Sergei Babyan and Duane Hulbert. Mr. Nagai is a summer piano faculty member at the Eastern Music Festival and School, the Beijing International Music Festival and Academy at the Central Conservatory in China, and former piano faculty member at the Interlochen Arts Academy. He joined the faculty of the Conservatory in 2006.
Yoshikazu Nagai can be contacted at 415.503.6242 or ynagai@sfcm.edu.
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