Praised as an “outstanding pianist...unfailingly crisp, warm and sensitive” (Showtime Magazine,  Toronto), Kanae Matsumoto Giampietro is a versatile pianist, having extensively diversified her repertoire from solo, chamber to vocal music.  

This is Kanae’s 17th summer at Chautauqua, where she serves as vocal coach at the Opera Conservatory. In the previous years, she has appeared in the Resident Artist Chamber Music Series and Faculty Recitals with Canadian pianist Martin Dubé as M&M Piano Duo, with flutist Richard Sherman, with the late violinist Jacque Israelievitch (the complete Beethoven Violin Sonatas and the complete Brahms and Violin and Viola Sonatas) and with many others.  

During the year, Kanae resides in New York City and works as vocal coach and collaborative pianist at Manhattan School of Music. Before focusing on the collaboration with singers, she was a sought-after chamber musician in Los Angeles and appeared in numerous recitals and concerts including the chamber music concert series with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Chamber Society at the Walt Disney Concert Hall.  

As a solo pianist, she has performed internationally, in the United States, Italy, Germany, Russia, and Japan. She was a featured soloist at the 2005 World Design Expo at her home town Nagoya, Japan. In addition to the modern piano, she is also interested in performance practice of historical instruments and recorded works by the classical and romantic composers including Beethoven, Haydn, Schubert, Schumann, and Chopin on their period instruments in collaboration with Robert Portillo, instrument restoration specialist in Los Angeles. Kanae is also passionate about collaborating with living composers. She has worked with many composers including John Williams, Paul Chihara, Lori Laitman, and Ben Moore.  

Ms. Matsumoto Giampietro completed her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Piano Performance at Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts and Music in Nagoya, Japan. To continue her studies, she moved to Los Angeles and earned her Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of California Los Angeles. After graduation, she was invited to join the faculty of the University and taught there for 7 years. In 2013 she relocated herself to NYC, where she now enjoys her professional and personal journeys. Her important teachers have included Vitaly Margulis and Marlena Malas. 

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