Hailed for her “deeply sensitive performance” (Kyodo News) as well as for her “clear articulation, flexible phrasing and secure technique” (Il Giornale di Vicenza) Japanese pianist KASUMI YUI captivates audiences with her expressive and creative playing.

KASUMI was most recently awarded First Prize along with the Special Prize in the chamber music category at the 23rd International Johannes Brahms Competition in Poertschach (Austria). She has since appeared at venues such as Vienna’s Musikverein, Konzerthaus and MuTh, Opole’s Philharmonic Hall and London’s Wigmore Hall as well as on Japanese media including the NHK, Kyodo-News, TV-Asahi, Mainichi-Shinbun and the Austrian national radio (Ö1 and ORF). KASUMI has been invited to various festivals such as the Asiago and Emilia Romagna Festivals (Italy), Amadeus Festival Vienna and PODIUM Festival Moedling (Austria), Nikolausberger Musiktage (Germany), Festival Bergerac (France), int. Chamber Music Festival Nowogrodziec (Poland), the Daejeon Chamber Music Festival (Korea) and has toured Austria as part of the Jeunesse Foundation.

A passionate explorer of the chamber music repertoire, KASUMI has undertaken numerous projects in recent years focusing on the discovery of lesser-known composers and the rediscovery of beloved masterpieces under a new light: in 2023/24 she gave recitals in Germany, Austria and Japan featuring lesser-known works by composers with Russian and Ukrainian roots with violinist Dmytro Udovychenko. In 2024/25 she will be collaborating with the Ineo Quartet with a program based around the Polish woman composer G. Bacewicz in Vienna Musikverein and in Salzburg. She is also the founding member of the Trio Resonantia, with whom she gives regular recitals throughout Europe. Her chamber partners further include Boris Garlitsky, Alexander Hülshoff, Amanda Forsyth, the Küchl Quartet, members of ensembles such as the Simply and Chaos Quartets, Wiener Symphoniker and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.
She is grateful for the support of the Villa Musica Foundation (Germany) and SYLFF Foundation (Japan) over the years.

KASUMI received her Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna in Solo Performance and in Chamber Music respectively. She has received valuable guidance from Avedis Kouyoumdjian, Tamara Atschba, Dora Schwarzberg, Pavel Gililov, Péter Nagy and Roshan Magub over the years. KASUMI continues to be mentored by Johannes Meissl (Artis Quartet) and Claus-Christian Schuster (Altenberg Trio Vienna).