Biography

Mariko Terashi

Japanese pianist Mariko Terashi pursued her musical training with Yvonne Lefébure in France, with debut appearances in public concerts after winning the György Cziffra Award in Senlis, France.

Upon moving to England in 1995, she regularly appears on the concert platform as a soloist and chamber musician. She has performed in Spain, appearing on Spanish TV, and collaborates regularly with the Polish Orchestra Vita Activa.

“I have rarely heard anyone unleash such a tornado of seething fury in the outer movements of Beethoven’s ‘Appassionata sonata’. Fast without feeling rushed, her reading also found space for concentration and quiet intensity in the slow movement, and moments of translucent calm in the finale…”

— Mark Wheeler, Derby Telegraph