


Biography
Yuri Inoshita is a Japanese pianist based in London, currently pursuing her MMus studies at Trinity Laban Conservatoire under the tuition of Martino Tirimo.
Born in Barcelona, raised in Paris and Tokyo, Yuri started her musical training at the age of five and received piano, solfège and choir lessons at the Conservatoire Claude Debussy in Paris. After graduating from Toho Gakuen High School of Music, she completed her bachelor's degree in Intercultural Communication at Hosei University in Tokyo, besides her musical studies at Toho Gakuen College of Music.
As soloist, Yuri has been performing in public since young age and has been a member of the Baroque Ensemble in Tokyo to give concerts playing both on clavichord and on modern piano at venues including the Baroque Festival 2016 at the Matsumoto Memorial Hall. Since moved to London in 2021, she has given concerts at St. James’s Piccadilly, St. Paul’s Covent Garden, Polish Hearth Club, University Women’s Club, etc. She is regularly invited to perform at St. Alfege Church, St. George’s Beckenham and the Old Royal Naval College. Since September 2023, she is a scholar of the Peter Harris Charitable Trust.
As well as being a soloist, Yuri is an active collaborative pianist, and was awarded the David Gosling Prize for Piano Accompaniment in 2023. She has participated in chamber masterclasses taken by Raphael Wallfisch, Krysia Osostowicz, Carducci Quartet, and vocal projects including the workshops by Stephen Hough, the National Opera Studio, and the Wigmore Masterclasses with Thomas Quasthoff and Nicky Spence. Her Piano Trio, Meissa Trio, has been working together since 2023 and has won the first prize in World Best Musicians Competition and the second prize in MIMA Young Musicians Competition.
As an improvisor, she performed her own composition 'improvisation on Haiku (Japanese poem)' at the New Lights Festival 2024.
Recent Highlights;
Opera 'Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus' by Libbie Larsen - Jul 2023
National Opera Studio Roadshow - Nov 2023
Petrushka by Sravinsky with TL Orchestra - Feb 2024
Cornwall Eastern Course with Meissa Trio- Apr 2024
Wigmore Chamber Day with Meissa Trio - Jun 2024
Wigmore Masterclass by Thomas Quasthoff - Jun 2024
University Women's Club with Meissa Trio - Jun 2024
Duo concert with Samtyuktha Rajagopal at St. James's Piccadilly - Nov 2024
Wigmore Masterclass by Nicky Spence - Jan 2025
Opera 'Turandot' with Instant Opera - Mar 2025