Tomoko Maki, born in Tokyo, Japan, is a solo piano performer, collaborative musician, and teacher.  She holds her Bachelor of Music degree in piano performance from Kunitachi College of Music and her Master of Music degree in piano performance from Central Washington University. In addition to having attended Ecole Normale de Musique in Paris, France, Tomoko has recently received her Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree at the University of Washington under Prof. Robin McCabe. Her dissertation, titled Connections Across Oceans: Debussy, Impressionism, and “The Floating World (Ukiyo-e)” of Japanese Art, focuses on the Japanese art world which Debussy loved and its influence on his creativity as a musician and composer. Tomoko has performed in master classes for Dmitri Alexeev, Stephen Drury, and Malcolm Bilson at the UW School of Music, where she has been a recipient of Helen Crowe Snelling Music Award and Ruth Sutton Watters Endowed Scholarship.