Piano

    Mutsuko Dohi was born in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. After graduating from the prestigious Toho-Gakuen Conservatory in Tokyo, she returned to Hokkaido to teach music and perform with musicians of the Sapporo Symphony Orchestra and other well known groups.

    In 1997, Ms.Dohi moved to Russia to study at the St. Petersburg Conservatory of Music. In 2000, Ms.Dohi was placed second in an international chamber music competition in Kiev, Ukraine. Later that year she toured across Russia, performing as a soloist with local orchestras, such as The St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Hermitage Chamber Orchestra, Volgograd Symphony, and the Kislovodsk Symphony. Since 2001, Ms.Dohi was the music director of the annual Japan-Russia music festival, “Japanese Spring in St. Petersburg”. 

    In 2001, Ms.Dohi received Doctor of Musical Art Degree from the St. Petersburg Conservatory.

    In 2003, Ms.Dohi was placed second in an International duo competition in Kazan, Russia. That same year, It was also “The Japan Year” in Russia and she was awarded by the St. Petersburg Governor and the General Consul of Japan for the contribution toward Japanese-Russian cultural exchange. In 2006, the Japanese Consul in St. Petersburg presented her with commendation award from the Japanese Government for the dedication as a cultural ambassador of Japan in Russia .

    In 2007, as a part of the G8 Hokkaido summit, Ms.Dohi was appointed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Japan to perform at the opening of the Mariinsky Theatre New Concert Hall in St. Petersburg, Russia. In 2008, Ms.Dohi was a jury member of The Serebriakov International Piano competition in Volgograd, Russia. In 2006, she returned to Japan to teach at Fuji Women’s University in Sapporo and perform in local concerts. 

    Since March 2009 Ms.Dohi teaches at her music studio in Oakland Hills, judges various competitions and perform occasionally at the Bay area venues. 

Ms. Dohi is a member of Music Teacher's Association of California.

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Telephone: 510-610-0234