Updated info - March 2010:
In May 2009 Umi Garrett, 8 year old pianist, was welcomed and wowed the world on NBC's "The Ellen DeGeneres Show."
Now at 9 she has already displayed a remarkable talent and thrilled audiences wherever she has appeared.
One of Umi's most recent performances was her orchestral debut with the Desert Symphony in Palm Desert, California on Dec.11, 2009, performing Mozart Piano Concerto No.23.
Her performance thrilled the audience with brilliant playing and charm, earning standing ovation and endless applause.
For the past two years Umi has been invited to participate and perform in concerts at the Killington Music Festival in Vermont as the youngest performer in the 26 year history of the Festival.
Further Umi captivated European audiences in August 2009 as a performer in many concerts at the Vianden Music Festival in Luxembourg and Saarburg, Germany in solo works and Beethoven's Piano Trio, Op. 1, No. 1.
She was recognized as the little star from America and featured live on Luxembourg television as a "wunderkind" which included a personal interview.
Some of her past appearances include "From The Top" national radio show, a concert at Steinway Hall in New York City; a concert in Washington D.C. sharing the stage with cellist, Allison Eldredge; a charity concert, "Jammin' for Jullian" in Southern California and others.
Umi has won first prizes at the Southwestern Youth Music Festival and the J.S. Bach Competition where she competed with pianists up to age 18. She is a winner in J.S.Bach competition in consecutive two years. October, 2009, she was an overall winner of complete works of J.S.Bach.
In November, 2009, Umi was a winner of the Saddleback Symphony Concerto Competition also against age 18, and will be the featured soloist in March, 2010.
She is a student of Yoshie Akimoto.
Umi also plays violin and has been taking classical ballet since she was 2 1/2.
She loves to paint and ride her bicycle. She is interested in science, history, computers, and math. Umi is part Japanese, German, Polish, and Irish. She is fluent in English and Japanese. She currently resides in Orange County, California.
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www.umipiano.comManagement:
Price, Rubin and Partners
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