Atsuko Seta

She is particularly successful in Poland, especially in the southwest of the country, regularly performing with the Sudeten Philharmonic Orchestra in Walbrzych and in her native Japan and in Bulgaria.

She also studied at the International Academy Friedrich Wilhelm Schnurre in Sion, Switzerland in 1991 and has performed concertos in the country.

[8] Among the trio, the volcalist was Ai Fujiki, Seta and Fusako Tamura was on piano, Akiko Yui on clarinet, and Shungo Moriyama conducted Mozart,Saint-Saëns, and Grieg.

It was in 2003 and Atsuko Seta received the Music Critic Club Prize, which has been given to the most active musician in West Japan.

[4] Then, in November 2006, she gave a series of concerts with Italian accordionist Gino Carbonaro [scn] in Osaka and Kobe.

[4] There she performed a Khachaturian Piano Concerto with the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra on November 20, completed a Master Course at the Bulgaria National Music Academy the following day and reperformed the Khachaturian Piano Concerto on November 25 with the Stara Zagora Opera Philharmonic Orchestra in Stara Zagora Opera Hall.

[4] On February 21, 2009, Seta performed a Piano Trio in Poland with Danuta Organisciuk[10] and Wlodek Zylin, reciting Brahms C-major.

[4] On November 21, 2009, Seta performed with the Chiang Mai Philharmonic Orchestra, with which she held on September 16, 2016 "a Gala to commemorate the 100th anniversary of A. Ginastera” with contest in Chiang Mai, Thailand, when she played two pieces of Ginastera as: “Malambo from Estancia” and “Toccata from Piano Concerto #1”.

Thus, the Chiang Mai Ginastera International Music Festival aims at finding musicians who attracts audience and make them wish to hear the performance again.

[12] The contest is formatted that all competition at any venue will be reviewed publicly, with the participating audience also contributing to make the encouraging atmosphere.

On the same day, contestants Esti Rofe (flute), and Ricky Tsang (piano) presented a sextet with the support of Song Hong Chamber Music members Pham Truong Son (violin), Dao Tuyet Trinh (cello), Pham Quynh Trang (piano), Krit Mekara (viola) with Apirat Praphanwong (violin II).

In the Beethoven “Ode to Joy”, contest finalists Ilona Krzywicka (Soprano), Manator (Alto), Krzywicka (Soprano), Naprang Manator (Alto), Rungsun Poonsup (Tenor), and Viriyabhat Kitavadhana (Baritone) sang with an orchestra conducted by Chaipruck Mekara (Thailand), with Payap University Choir and the Chiang Mai International Music Festival (CGIMF) Special Choir.

[19] When Atsuko Seta moved to Chang Mai in the 2000th, she expanded the intention of her charity piano recitals including for the future of Asian children in 2015.

A virtuoso, Seta is noted for her recitals of Beethoven, Chopin and Liszt and also Argentine composer Ginastera and Brahms.