Umi Garrett

18 year old Umi’s has performed in a solo charity concert at Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in Berlin, Germany in summer of 2016 to collaborate with the IPPNW, the International Physicians for Prevention of Nuclear War; a concert tour with the Symphonia Boca Raton in Florida in early 2016; a debut concert at the Mainly Mozart Festival in San Diego, California; a debut with the Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra lead by Maestro Kazuyoshi Akiyama in Hiroshima, Japan; a solo-recital concert tour in Japan and a return engagement with the Missouri Symphony Orchestra. Past engagements include a concert with Nicholas McGegan with the Pasadena Symphony and Pops, and the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Alexander Mickelthwate. In addition, Umi gave solo recitals in the 2013-2014 and the 2014-2015 seasons in total of nearly 60 cities throughout the United States.
A devout student of the piano, Umi is currently at the Juilliard School, studying with Prof. Matti Raekallio and Prof. Hung Kwan Chen.
Umi was nine years old when she recorded and released her first album, Just For You. Her second recording, Music in Life, was recorded in 2013, at the age of 12. Her third CD, Storybook, was recorded at age 16. At age 13, Umi was granted a title of the Young Steinway Artist, an honor only awarded to today’s most acclaimed young artists.
For more on Umi Garrett, visit www.umigarrett.com.