June 2, 2022

June for Tomoko

 It’s the beginning of June: a significant month for Tomoko, starting with her birthday. Here is a sampling of her achievements.

That was the month she graduated from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music; two weeks later (June 18) she performed at the Conservatory’s graduation recital.

Five years later in June she performed at the Long Mountain College Theater.

In 1989 on June 15 Tomoko performed at the Conservatory again, this time with Ernestine Chihauria on violin and Dianne Winsor on flute.

In 2015 on June 14 she held a recital at the Conservatory for your 50th anniversary of her role as a teacher there: the first Asian. The event raised money for the Conservatory as her legacy. She performed for the first have and invited past students to perform for the second half.

And think of all the piano composers who were born in June:

  • ·        Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach born on June 21, 1732
  • ·         Mikhail Glinka born on June 1, 1804
  • ·         Robert Schumann born on June 8, 1810
  • ·         Charles Gounod born on June 17, 1818
  • ·         Edvard Grieg born on June 15, 1843
  • ·         Richard Strauss born on June 11, 1864
  • ·         Carl Nielsen born on June 9, 1865
  • ·         Eric Reed born on June 21, 1970