Biography

Keiko Murakami studied flute with Keiko Honda, and Tomoko Nozaka at the University of Shimane (Japan),where she obtained a Bachelor’s degree in musical education. She came to France in 2002 to study flute with Mario Caroli and Claire Gentilhomme, as well as chamber music with Armand Angster at the Strasbourg Conservatory, receiving her diploma with the highest honours. She also obtained the musical theater diploma of the Hochschule der Künste de Berne under the direction of Georges Aperghis and Françoise Rivalland, as well as a professional Master in performance from the University of Strasbourg.

Since 2003, Keiko Murakami has been flutist of the Ensemble Linea, conducted by Jean-Philippe Wurtz. With the ensemble, she has participated in many premieres of contemporary works. She shares her passion for musical research with the members of l'Ensemble l'Imaginaire, of which she is one of the founders. She is also a member of oh-ton ensemble;

As a soloist and chamber musician, she has appeared in numerous festivals, notably in Europe, the United States and Japan: Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, International Ferienkurse für Neue Musik Darmstadt, Biennale di Venezia, June in Buffalo, Mata Festival, Festival Musica, Trans’art, Ciclo de Conciertos de Musica Contemporanea, Akiyoshidai’s Summer, Biennale de Berne, Aspects des Musiques d’Aujourd’hui, Musiques Démesurées, Cantiere Internazionale d’Arte di Montepulciano, etc.

She has recorded for Ricordi (Emmanuel Nunes’ Aura for solo flute); for Stradivarius with Ensemble Algoritmo (Salvatore Sciarrino’s Luci mie traditrici and Studi per l’intonazione del mare, as well as the Daniele Bravi portrait CD ‘Del vero e del falso’); and for l’Empreinte Digitale, in Mario Caroli’s CD ‘Tempo di Fumo’. Her solo CD « Atem Lied – works for bass flute » will be released by Stradivarius in 2017. The entire CD was recorded with Pearl bass flute.