Karin Tamura - Janiszewski

Karin Tamura Janiszewski was born in Hyogo, Japan, and began playing the piano at the age of five. She graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts (Geidai) with a bachelor’s degree under Professor Chiharu Sakai. Later, she completed her master’s degree at the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice under the guidance of Professor Magdalena Lisak. She continued her postgraduate studies in Katowice under her supervision, and since 2021, also in the fortepiano class under the guidance of Professor Katarzyna Drogosz.

She was a recipient of a scholarship granted by the Polish government and is currently a scholar of the Public Foundation Japan Institute of Art.

Karin participated in The 3rd Chopin International Masterclass in Tokyo (2017) and The 1st Gdańsk Master Keyboard Courses (fortepiano, 2022). Karin has earned numerous prizes, including the third prize and the J. Zarębski award at the Juliusz Zarębski International Music Competition in Warsaw (2021).

Her performances have taken place in various venues, such as the epilogue concert at the International Chopin Festival “Chopin in Fall Colors” in Antonin (2022), “Young Talents” at The Fryderyk Chopin Museum in Warsaw (2022), "Chopin Concert for Youth” at the concert hall in NOSPR in Katowice (2021), Antonin Palace (2022), Royal Castle in Warsaw (2021), Sumida Toriphony Hall in Tokyo (2019), Steinway & Sons Kobe (2018), Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art (2018), and Bösendorfer Tokyo (2015).