Born in Tokushima, Hiroko explored the world of music and found the instrument that would change her life: the traverso
1999Bachelor’s degree for flute at Tokyo College of Music under Junzo Hosokawa
2009She graduates with Distinction from a Master’s course at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna
2012Hiroko completes another degree with Distinction – this time a Master’s in Traverso at the Anton Bruckner Private University Linz under Claire Genewein
2014Hiroko completes a two-year post-graduate course for Traverso and historical performance practice at the Royal Conservatory in Brussels under Barthold Kuijken
2015-16Teaching Traverso and chamber music at the Wiener Musikakademie
2017-19Starts to hold guest lectures at the Anton Bruckner Private University in Linz and at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts
2019Publication of the article “1732 – Four Cities, Four Masters, Four Works” in the magazine for woodwind instruments “TIBIA” and release of the CD “Moving Telemann”
2021Starts Artistic-Scholarly Doctoral Programme at the Anton Bruckner Private University Linz