Sayaka Tanikawa

Pianist Sayaka Tanikawa is noted for her sensitive and thoughtful interpretations. She performs as a recitalist and chamber musician in the U.S. and abroad at venues including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Weill Recital Hall, David Geffen Hall, Davies Hall, and Suntory Hall. An accomplished chamber musician, Tanikawa has performed with Peter Frankl and Osmo Vänskä as well as members of San Francisco Symphony, New York Philharmonic, Minnesota Orchestra, San Francisco Ballet, NHK Philharmonic, and Sō Percussion. She has appeared in the San Francisco Symphony Chamber Music Series, Minnesota Orchestra’s Sommerfest, Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, Caramoor Performer’s Showcase, and Banff Chamber Music Festival, among many others.

An avid educator, she has served as an artist in residence at South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities in Greenville. She is on the faculty of Hunter College and she also serves as artistic director of Duluth Chamber Music Festival in Minnesota.

Tanikawa holds a bachelor’s in art history from Columbia University, a master’s from Yale School of Music, and a doctorate from Manhattan School of Music.