The Mack Sisters - piano duo
Tuesday and Wednesday, January 12-13, 2010 @ 7:30 PM
Sponsored By: Sun River St. George
Japanese born duo-pianists Yuki and Tomoko have dazzled audiences on three continents, performing works for one-piano, two-pianos and duo with orchestra. Arriving in the United States as children they eventually settled in Michigan .studied with Brazilian pianist, Flavio Varani and the late Joyce Adelson at Oakland University and later with Louis Nagel at the University of Michigan .
In 1994, after winning strong recognition as soloists, Yuki and Tomoko melded their artistry into an award-winning piano duo. They won prizes in several prestigious international competitions :and Kodama Prize at the Fourth International Piano Duo Competition in Tokyo ;Ellis Two-Piano Competition, (best performance of an American work) and the Dranoff International Two-Piano Competition. The duo has been featured in the Gilmore International Keyboard Festival in Michigan , the Symposium for Two-Pianos in Florida and the Quebec International Two-Piano Festival. Frequently, they join the faculty of the International Summer Music Festival in Naleczow , Poland. In Chicago , Yuki and Tomoko have performed on the Dame Myra Hess Series and on Live From Studio One, both broadcast on WFMT. They have toured the United States and abroad performing in small communities and major cities such as Stockholm , Milan , Warsaw , Tokyo and New York .
