AYAME


Maya Nozaki, born in Miyagi, Japan. She studied music pedagogy at Musashino Academia Musicae and received bachelor diploma. In 2011 she started studying the baroque flute with Liliko Maeda. A year later she entered Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel to study with Barthold Kuijken and Frank Theuns. She won the 3rd prize at the International competition for early music Yamanashi in 2015. She participated in the Europe tour 2016 with Bach Collegium Japan. She received her Master diploma with distinction in 2016.


Marie Toriu, Born in Osaka, Japan. She studied the modern violin at Toho Gakuen School of Music in Tokyo. In 2013, she moved to Belgium to study at Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussels, supported by the scholarship from the Belgian government, and she obtained her Master diploma on the modern violin in 2015, following, Master diploma on the baroque violin with great distinction in 2018, under the guidance of François Fernandez, and Ryo Terakado. Currently, she is performing in Europe and Asia and working with number of ensembles such as il Gardelino, Capriola di Gioia, Currende, Formosa Baroque orchestra, Orchestra Van Wassenaar,  and Duo Inventione.


Asami Orihara, born in Saitama, Japan. She started studying the viola da gamba with Yukimi Kambe at the Kunitachi College of Music, where she was studying Musicology and the traditional Japanese instrument sho. In 2010 she graduated and also received the Arima Prize, an award given to singularly outstanding students. In the same year she moved to Belgium to study with Philippe Pierlot at Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussels, where she received her Master diploma with distinction in 2016. During her study, she won scholarships from Saitama and the Viola da Gamba Society of Japan. In 2018 she performed her solo recital at the Kyu-do-kaikan in Tokyo.

Sayuri Nagoya, born in Tokyo Japan. Sayuri Nagoya is a keyboard player who focuses on period instruments: clavichord, harpsichord and pianoforte. In 2011, she started her pianoforte study with Piet Kuijken and Boyan Vodenitcharov at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussels, supported by the scholarship from the government of Belgium. In 2014, she obtained her Master diploma on the pianoforte with great distinction. Also she is studying harpsichord with Herman Stinders and Kris Verhelst since 2015. She got prizes at the International Geelvinck Fortepiano Concours in 2014. Moreover, she is the winner of the Rome Fortepiano International Competition ‘Muzio Clementi Prize’ 2015. In 2019, She is going to release her first CD with the works by Anton Eberl from the Brilliant Classics.