General Admission Tickets   $27.00

Memorial Hall, 590 Main Street
Melrose, Massachusetts


Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)

Barber of Seville

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Piano Concerto No.4 in G Major

I. Allegro moderato
II. Andante con moto
III. Rondo: Vivace

Miyuki Otani, Piano


- Intermission -


Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Symphony No. 2 in D Major

I. Allegro non troppo
II. Adagio non troppo
III. Allegretto grazioso, quasi andantino
IV. Allegro con spirito

The Soloist

Miyuki Otani, Piano

The Melrose Free Press wrote after Miyuki Otani’s performance as soloist with the Melrose Symhony that she “…has a marvelous facility…dazzling in its clarity and delicacy.”  Audiences and critics alike have hailed her performances for their great “musicality, feeling, and unflagging technique.”

As a winner of the Boston Conservatory’s Concerto Competition, she performed as a soloist with the Boston Conservatory Orchestra at Faneuil Hall. Ms. Otani has also appeared as soloist with the Cape Ann Symphony playing Mozart’s Piano Concerto

No 23, Melrose Symphony Orchestra performing Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2, and Quincy Symphony Orchestra playing Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3. and Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 9.

Ms. Otani was invited by the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series to give a recital in Chicago in August 2004, where it was broadcast live on WFMT Radio.  In 2003, Ms. Otani was invited by the Fukui Classical Music Association to give a concert at Kazenomori Hall.  In addition, the Kobe Women’s College invited her to serve as a guest lecturer to talk about her outreach concerts in the United States.  In June 2001, Ms. Otani gave a recital at Harmony Hall in Fukui, Japan at which both the Governor and the Mayor were in attendance.

Miyuki Otani's first CD featuring recordings of Mozart, Ravel, and Debussy was released in 2004. Her second CD, Reflections, featuring pieces by Schumann, Debussy, and Barber was released in September 2006. Ms. Otani's world premieres include " Red Dragonfly Variations" (2003) and "Three Japanese Images for Piano" (2004) by Martin Schreiner.

Born in Japan, Miyuki Otani began playing the piano at the age of three. Ms. Otani is a graduate of the prestigious Tokyo Women’s Christian University where she received a degree in English and American Literature.  In 1996, Ms. Otani came to the United States as a Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholar to study at Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Ms. Otani earned her Master of Music degree at the Boston Conservatory where she studied with Jonathan Bass.

Currently, Ms. Otani serves on the piano faculty of Brookline Music School. She is also an active chamber musician and plays in the Brookline Music School Faculty Trio. Upcoming engagements include recitals at Kazenomori Hall in Japan as well as a solo appearance with the Melrose Symphony Orchestra.

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