 Miho
Hirai was born in Toyama Prefecture， Japan. She began piano
lessons at the age of five and learned at the Music School
for Children affiliated with the Toho Gakuen School of Music.
Following more training in the Toho Gakuen Music High School，
she went to the Toho Gakuen School of Music to study piano
with Nobutatsu Kawashima.
0n graduating in 1991， she furthered her studies in the
Master's Course of the Toho Gakuen， where she studied harpsichord
with Chiyoko Arita， chamber music with Masahiro Arita and
others, and started to make her regular appearance as a harpsichordist.
ln 1994, she went to Den Haag Royal Conservatory in the Netherlands，
where she studied harpsichord with Jaques Ogg，chamber music
with Kuijken brothers， and other related subjects. She performed
actively in many parts of Europe.
ln 1997， she moved her activity base to Japan and has been
vigorously pursuing her career in various occasions such as
TV and radio broadcasting， concerts and recordings. She won
the first prize at the Eighth Young Musicians' Competition
in Toyama,the Prefectural Governor's award and the Kitanippon
Press' award for music.She performs with the baroque ensemble
“La f te galante”,
and has participated in the performance and recording of the
orchestra “Conversum Musicum”.She is also co-producing a duo
recital series with recorder entitled “Aspects of ltalian
Baroque Music”, and pursuing the charm of ltalian music in
16th and 18th centuries through studies and performances.
(Translation : Noriko Arai)
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