Michio Nishihara Toro

Michio Nishihara Toro was born in Concepcion, Chile in 1972, and received his music education in Santiago, under the supervision of the famed Chilean pianist Oscar Gacitua; this was followed by studies at the Bydgoszcz Music Academy (Poland) with Professors Wieslawa Ronowska and Katarzyna Popwa-Zydron, as well as at the Moscow Conservatory under Professor Victor Merzhanov. Michio Nishihara Toro has performed throughout South America and Europe, at such esteemed venues as Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, Royal Festival Hall in London, Rachmaninov Hall at the Moscow Conservatory, Polish Radio Witold Lutoslawski Concert Hall in Warsaw, St Martin in the Fields in London, Warsaw Chopin Society. He has released three CDs with a repertoire that ranges from the Classical period to 20th century piano works, though perhaps his specialty lies within the Romantic literature, and particularly the works of Chopin.