Junko Yamamoto is Performer, Shō-Player, Pianist and Essayist. She is interested in how to release the boundaries between things, the boundaries in various places and spaces, and the boundaries between people, and she has been working on art projects based on these themes.
She received the prize for the most distinguished concert of the Experimental Sound, Art & Performance Festival Tokyo, the Phoenix Evolution Award Osaka, the special prize for the best performer for spanish contemporary music with the „Xavier Montsalvatge Competition“ in Spain and the first prize in the piano concerto competition of the Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa.
She is invited to perform at many international festivals, recently Strasbourg International Music Festival “Le festival musica” in France, “Bartok International Festival” in Hungary, Musicarama Festival in Hong Kong, “Takefu International Music Festival” in Japan, „Festival Bienal Música Hoje Curitiba“, „Sinuston Festival“, „Festival New Music Week“ in South Africa, „Meridian Festival in Rumania“, „Dark Music Days“ in Iceland, „Delian Academy“ in Greece, „Digital Kunst Festival“, among others. She gives lectures and workshops at many Universities on the world including Korean National University of Arts in Seoul, National University of Ireland in Maynooth, University College Cork, Wits University Johannesburg, Stellenbosch University, University of Cape Town, Universidade Federal do Paraná Curitiba, National University of Music Bucharest, Iceland University of the Arts.