April 24, 2012
Rieko is invited to play in the
Oxford Philomusica
International Piano Festival and attend the Academy this summer in
England.
November 22, 2011
Rieko is a finalist for the 2012
YoungArts program
of the
National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts (NFAA). 150
finalists were chosen from more than 5,000 applicants in the literary,
visual, and performing arts and she will attend YoungArts Week in Miami
from January 9-14, 2012 for master classes by world-renowned artists;
performances and exhibitions; and the possibility to become a U.S.
Presidential Scholar in the Arts.
YoungArts Week performances will be
live-streamed on www.youngarts.org.
November 21, 2011
Rieko won the
Avanti Award, a
generous cash prize for any
artist of any age pursuing a career in the visual or performing arts.
The award is funded by the Joseph and Frances Brucia Foundation.
Rieko
will perform in an award ceremony dinner on January 20th, 2012.
June 19, 2011
Rieko won 1st prize in the 29th Annual
San Francisco Young Pianists' Competition, Dr. Victoria Neve,
Director. Rieko further distinguished herself by being by far the
youngest, at 16 years old, in a field of competitors aged through 25.
May 1, 2011
Rieko's performance
of the
Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 with the
California
Symphony, under the baton of guest conductor Ronald Zollman
was SOLD OUT.
March 20, 2011
Rieko
was selected as 1 of 7 pianists in the world to participate in the 2011
Verbier Music Festival in Switzerland...
More info. to follow...
April 16, 2010
Rieko
won the
California Youth Symphony Concerto Competition. She will perform
the Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 with the orchestra on March 20th,
2011 at Flint Center in Cupertino
January 27, 2010
Rieko's
piano trio,
The Soleil Trio
will perform on the NPR radio show "From the Top" . It will be broadcast nationally
on May 3rd.
January 24, 2010
Rieko
staged a Benefit Concert for
the Haiti Earthquake Victims with friend and young opera tenor Jonah
Hopton.
The $2400 in donations she raised were sent to Haiti through the American Red Cross
Society.
January 10, 2010
Rieko's trio,
The Soleil Trio
(Rieko - piano; Kenneth Renshaw - violin; Will Chow -
cello) won 1st prize in the Chamber Ensemble
Category of the Mondavi Young Artists' Competition,
a statewide competition in California.
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