Pianist Yuri Funahashi has performed extensively in Europe, Japan,
Canada and Australia and in many of the major halls in the U.S.
including the Kennedy Center, Orchestra Hall in Chicago, the Music
Center in Los Angeles, Jones Hall in Houston and the 92nd Street Y in
New York City.
She has also been heard on many college campuses across the U.S., such
as the Eastman School of Music, the New England Conservatory, Harvard
University, Goucher College, Colby College, Bates College, Kalamazoo
College, Tulane University, Michigan State University, University of
Wisconsin, University of Louisville, University of Connecticut,
University of Southern California, University of Miami, University of
Central Florida, and the University of Southern Maine, among others.
As a member of the Festival Chamber Music of New York City, Yuri
performs regularly in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall and has been a
guest artist at the Seattle Chamber Music Festival, the Vancouver Music
Festival, Sebago-Long Lake Music Festival, The Portland Chamber Music
Festival, the Windham Chamber Music Festival, the Mediterranean Music
Festival and Royal Viking’s Music Festival at Sea. She has collaborated
frequently with the Verdehr Trio, has appeared in performances with the
Brentano String Quartet, the Cassatt String Quartet, the Daedalus
Quartet, and is co-founder and co-director of the Maine Mountain Chamber
Music series.
Born in Japan, Yuri moved to the U.S. at a young age with her family and
received the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from The Juilliard School.
She has recorded for Musical Heritage and John Marks Records and is on
the faculty at Colby College in Waterville, Maine. She has performed at
the SLLMF since 2006.
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