MAYA KIMURA

Born in 1985 and raised in Hokkaido, Kimura was trained by Harumi Hashimoto from the age of 3.

She studied with Keiko Nosaka and Michiko Takita at the Toho Gakuen College of Drama and Music. Kimura was awarded Kenjun Prize at the 17 th Kenjun Memorial Kurume Koto Music Festival. She has also won various grand prizes and prizes at numerous competitions since childhood, and received the Encouragement Prize of the cities of Kushiro and Bekkai. Her international activities include performance in Berlin, Budapest, Vladivostok.

In 2009 she became one of the founding members of 4plus, with whom she has premiered over 20 contemporary works for 25-strings koto.