| Kayo Nishida (Hiroshima, Japan) graduated with a bachelor’s degree at the Kurashiki Sakuyo University in Japan, where she studied modern clarinet with Prof. Shuji Ashida. She continued her clarinet studies in Europe with Chen Halevi at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik in Trossingen, Germany. There, she studied the master program in historical clarinet as well as chalumeaux with Dr. Ernst Schlader. She completed her master in historical clarinet and chalumeaux at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Den Haag (The Netherlands) with Eric Hoeprich. Kayo has performed with many early music orchestras and ensembles in Europe and Japan including the Orchestra of the 18th Century, Concerto Köln, Bach Collegium Japan among others. She has worked with several acclaimed conductors such as Frans Brüggen, Masaaki Suzuki, Philippe Herreweghe, Jonathan Darlington and Kenneth Montgomery. She has performed Duo concertante of Iwan Müller as a solist with Les Agrémens. Additionally, she has recorded several CDs with many of the orchestras and chamber music ensembles she has performed with. |
