Complete New Piano Method for Children

　PIANO ATELIER SYSTEM　

By Eiko Yamamoto

Eiko Yamamoto began playing the piano at the age of five. She studied at Tokyo Metropolitan Art and Music High School, then at Toho Gakuen School of Music under Sadako Matsuoka, one of the original foundation members of Toho Gakuen. After that, she studied jazz with several Japanese famous jazz pianists for two years.

Eiko has appeared in many concerts and also accompanied singers, musicals and ballets, and has wide experience as a piano teacher.

At YAMAHA’s request, she arranged classical and popular pieces for the Clavinova , which was the newest music instrument at the time, and introduced the Clavinova to many people by performance in Japan.

From 1994 Eiko had been in Australia and in 1998 she completed post-graduate studies under John Luxton at the Canberra School of Music in ANU (Australian National University). Eiko has performed in her recitals, various concerts, and also accompanied choirs, cello and other instruments in Australia.

After coming back to Japan, Eiko gave the recitals in Tokyo and teaches the piano in several music schools.

Eiko has completed her original new piano method for young children, which enables children to learn easily, and enables teachers to teach easily. This new piano method, called “PIANO ATELIER SYSTEM” which consists of twenty-one books, came out in 2007, and has the fine reputations in Japan.

Now Eiko has a keen interest in spreading her “PIANO ATELIER SYSTEM” all over the world.