Canadian-Japanese pianist, Yuki Tampo-Hinton has charmed audiences world-wide as a piano soloist, chamber musician, and conductor. Born in Victoria, B.C, she began piano lessons with her mother, Toshiko Tampo, at the tender age of three. Her musical pursuit has afforded her the privilege of studying with many notable artists, including Menahem Pressler, André Laplante, Lee Kum Sing, Angela Chang, Arthur Rowe, and Edmund Battersby. Chamber coaching includes those of Grammy award winner, Marietta Simpson; cellist, Eric Kim; flutist, Thomas Robertello; members of the Lafayette String Quartet; clarinetist, Patricia Kostek; and tenor, Benjamin Butterfield. Yuki has been recognized for her solo and chamber work both nationally and internationally. Her studies and performance tours have taken her across Canada and around the globe, most notably with performances in New York City, Salzburg, Tokyo, and London.
By the time Yuki had received her Bachelor of Music in Performance from the University of Victoria, she had co-released a CD (A Celebration of Canadian Music), become the official student representative for Canada's Premier "All Steinway School", received the Johann Strauss Scholarship, made her debut performance in New York City and won the University's Concerto Competition, culminating in an inspired performance of Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 23 with the University Concert Orchestra, conducted by Hungarian maestro, János Sándor.
Yuki's conducting debut was made in Ottawa, Canada at the age of sixteen where she also performed as a piano soloist with the Victoria Consort. Most recently, Yuki's conducting has placed her as assistant répétiteur and assistant conductor for Goldsmiths, University of London's productions of Dido and Aeneas and Suor Angelica.
By the time Yuki had received her Bachelor of Music in Performance from the University of Victoria, she had co-released a CD (A Celebration of Canadian Music), become the official student representative for Canada's Premier "All Steinway School", received the Johann Strauss Scholarship, made her debut performance in New York City and won the University's Concerto Competition, culminating in an inspired performance of Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 23 with the University Concert Orchestra, conducted by Hungarian maestro, János Sándor.
Yuki's conducting debut was made in Ottawa, Canada at the age of sixteen where she also performed as a piano soloist with the Victoria Consort. Most recently, Yuki's conducting has placed her as assistant répétiteur and assistant conductor for Goldsmiths, University of London's productions of Dido and Aeneas and Suor Angelica.
During her undergraduate degree, she continued to promote the release of her CD featuring all Canadian Music and performances with members of the Victoria Symphony. Yuki's undergraduate degree was generously funded by the President's Choice Scholarship, Cathcart Bursary, Dogwood Scholarship, and B.C. Arts Council Scholarship. She went on to make her New York City debut in 2009. Further studies were granted through full scholarships to attend masterclasses at the Toronto International Music Academy and Festival and the Johann Strauss Scholarship to attend the Universität Mozarteum, where she studied with Rolf Plagge & Olivier Gardon.
Her Master's Degree took her to the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University, where she studied with Edmund Battersby and was awarded the Artistic Excellence Award for two consecutive years. While there, she was certified through the Piano Pedagogy for Young Pianists Program and went on to teach for the University in that capacity.
Her passion has brought her to the Royal College of Music in London where she is currently working on her Music PhD Research Degree, under the supervision of Dr. Natasha Loges, Dr. Mai Kawabata, and pianist, Danny Driver. Yuki considers her current research as an extension of the Canadian Composers project from 2008, that is, by decentering the focus and acting as a vehicle to disseminate composers from the Romantic Era that are often overshadowed by the titans of the century, she sees its potential for global impact.
Yuki's most recent concert tour in June 2019 included revisiting Tokyo to promote her Canadian composer's CD which was generously supported by a Canada Council Grant.
In addition to her concert schedule, Yuki currently splits her time between London, England and Victoria, BC where she is currently teaching piano at the University of Victoria.