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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, Mr. Nagai has performed as soloist and chamber musician across the United States and abroad, including recently acclaimed recitals in Hong Kong, Italy, Canada, Kennedy Center's Terrace Theatre, Carnegie Recital Hall, Merkin Concert Hall, Seattle's Benaroya Hall, the Philips Collection in Washington D.C. and the Aspen, Sarasota, and Spoleto music festivals. A winner of numerous international competitions, including first prize at the 2002 Washington International Piano Competition and recognized by the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts, Mr. Nagai gives frequent master classes throughout the U.S. and Asia, and serves on the nominating committee for the Gilmore International Piano Foundation. Mr. Nagai is summer piano faculty member at the Eastern Music Festival and School, and former piano faculty member at the Interlochen Arts Academy. He joined the Conservatory's collegiate piano and chamber music faculty, and the prep faculty in the fall, 2006.

Yoshikazu Nagai can be contacted at 415.503.6242 or ynagai@sfcm.edu.

Darryl Cooper