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Machiko　Tomotani　
After graduating　from the Kunitachi College of Music, Kitakyushu-born Machiko Tomotani spent two years studying a Paris,at the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris,from 1974 to 1976. While inFrance, Ms Tomotani appeared in concerts organized by the Euro-Japanische Gesellschaft,and in 1979 took part in a summer master class at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana inSienna,ItalyMs Tomotani gave recitals in Tokyo,Hirosima in 1978,1980,1989,1993,2002,2003,and took part in chamber music concerts in Tokyo, Hiroshima and Kitakyushu in 1995 and 1997,the1997 concert funded by the Yasuko Yamada Fund through the Japan Federation of Musicians. Also in 1997, Ms Tomotani took part in an NHK radio“FM Recital”,and also regularly takes part in both solo and ensemble concerts and lecture concerts held by the Japan Society for Contemporary Music, the Japan Federation of Composers, as well as appearances in Seoul and Taejon in the International Festival of Comtemporary Music.　In2006、 CD“Machiko Tomotani plays Debussy&Satie”was relersed. Ms Tomotani has studied under Kazuko Nagatomi,Naoyuki Inoue,Reine Gianoli and Jorg Demus.At present ,she is a visiting Lecturer at theHiroshimaBunkagakuenn University.
Ms Tomotani is a member of the Japan Federation of Musicians.