Yukiko Tidten-Yoshikawa (pianist)
Yukiko Tidten-Yoshikawa was born in Kyoto, Japan, in 1982 and began playing the piano at the age of four. She studied at Kyoto Horikawa Music High School and Kyoto City University of Arts, where she earned her Bachelor's degree in Piano Performance. During her studies in Japan, she won prizes in several national piano competitions.
In 2006, she moved to France and entered the École Normale de Musique de Paris, where she obtained the Diplôme Supérieur d’Enseignement de Piano. She subsequently continued her studies at the Conservatoire National Supérieur Musique et Danse de Lyon (CNSMD Lyon), earning the Diplôme National Supérieur Professionnel de Musicien in 2009 and completing her Master’s degree in Piano Performance in 2011. Her master's thesis, written in French, explored Asian influences on the piano works of Claude Debussy under the title Le choc culturel de l’Orient dans l’œuvre pianistique de Claude Debussy.
Her principal teachers include Hiroyuki Abe, Géry Moutier, Henri Barda, and Florent Boffard. She has also participated in masterclasses with Yasuko Matsuda, Pascal Devoyon, Jean-Claude Pennetier, Jacques Rouvier, Volker Banfield, Aldo Ciccolini, and other distinguished musicians.
From 2007 to 2008, she was a scholarship recipient of the Nomura Foundation, and from 2009 to 2012, of the Rohm Music Foundation. She has also worked as a French–Japanese interpreter for the Kyoto International Music Students Festival and the Académie de Musique Française de Kyoto.
After moving to Berlin in 2011, she relocated to Pakistan with her husband, a diplomat, in 2013 and remained there until 2016. During her stay, she maintained an active concert career, performing at various embassies in Islamabad as well as at the Goethe-Institut and the Alliance Française in Lahore. She also gave workshops and masterclasses at the National College of Arts in Lahore.
In 2016, she returned to Berlin and later moved to Tokyo in 2021. Since 2025, she has again been based in Berlin. Alongside her performing career, she is dedicated to teaching the next generation of pianists. Since 2014, she has organized and performed in a series of self-produced salon concerts and family concerts, presenting twelve editions to date.
Instrument used for private lessons in Berlin: Steinway & Sons Model B Grand Piano