Miyako Arishima

Born in Hitoyoshi City, Kumamoto Prefecture, Mikyako Arishima started playing the piano from the age of two. After graduating from Toho Women's High School Music Department, Arishima studied at the Bydgoszcz Conservatory in Poland where she completed her undergraduate and master's degrees. In 2013, she won the Music Festival Award at the 3rd Kirishima International Music Festival, and in the same year won the 5th place at the 10th Darmstadt International Chopin Piano Competition. Arishima has performed with the Kyushu Symphony Orchestra, Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra, Krakow Chamber Orchestra, Bydgoszcz Philharmonic Orchestra and others.