Ayako Oura

Graduated from Musashino Academia Musicae and completed graduate studies at Tokyo University of the Arts. While studying, they were a finalist in the 55th Japan Music Competition and won 2nd place in the 6th Japan Wind and Percussion Competition. In 1990, they held their debut recital at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan’s small hall, sponsored by the Japan Federation of Musicians. That same year, they studied abroad in France and, in 1992, graduated from the Paris 12th Arrondissement Conservatory with unanimous first prize. After returning to Japan, they were a finalist in the 63rd Japan Music Competition and won 3rd place in the 9th Japan Wind and Percussion Competition. In 2001, they joined the Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra. To commemorate the 20th anniversary of their debut in 2010, they held a recital at Hamarikyu Asahi Hall and simultaneously released their solo album Grand Duo Concertant under Meister Music. Currently, they are a clarinetist with the Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra, a Visiting Professor at Senzoku Gakuen College of Music, and a Part-time Lecturer at Nagoya University of the Arts.