Steinway Artist Natsuki Fukasawa's has performed in Australia, Brazil, China, Denmark, England, Hong Kong, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and the U.S. She is a recipient of the Best Chamber Music Recording of the Year from the Danish Music Awards. Dr. Fukasawa teaches at both University of the Pacific Conservatory of Music and at UC Davis, and serves on the artist faculty for the Talis Festival and Academy in Bosnia. She also enjoys nurturing young talents in her own private studio, where her students’ accomplishments include appearances in the NPR show From the Top, winning top prizes in Chopin National Competition, MTAC Young Artist Guild, Philadelphia International Competition, and go on to pursue music in college. Dr. Fukasawa’s teachers include Mark Richman in Los Angeles, Tim Fredericksen in Denmark and Ferenc Rados in Hungary. She has received degrees from the Juilliard School and the University of Maryland and Prague Academy of Music as a Fulbright S

I try to understand how the student is perceiving the music and the learning process, so I can best help the student's artistic growth and understanding. We're studying some of the most beautiful things created by other humans, and they deserve our deepest commitment and efforts.

I think it is very important to understand each person as an individual, unique person first, so that I can help them become better and fuller human being. I do expect the best from the students.