Sachiko Furuhata-Kersting
Japanese concert pianist Sachiko Furuhata-Kersting is a concert pianist who regularly performs in Europe and Japan. Her big City Debuts were: 2011 Debut in München, 2012 Debut in Suntory Hall in Tokyo, 2013 Debut in London, 2014 in Basel, 2015 in Luxembourg.

Beside her solo recitals she has been performing with several international orchestras,for example with Russian State Philharmony, German Radio Philharmony, Pfalztheater Orchestra among others in Europe and Japan.

Her repertory is widely spread including classicaland romanticpieces from Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann, Brahms, Liszt, Chopin andalso composers from impressionism and expressionism.

Born in Yokohama (Japan) she took her first piano lessons at the age of three.After winning the competition New Pianist in Japan she came to Germany to study at the music university in Detmold and the Robert-Schumann-Hochschule in Düsseldorf.