Tomoko Mack

PIANO

Born in Tokyo, Japan, Tomoko began her piano studies at age 5, and performed in public at age 7. She fell in love with the sound of the piano at a young age and it hasn’t changed!

Tomoko came to the United States at age 10, and continued her studies, performing and competing at regional, national, and International competitions. She won 1st place with her sister Yuki in the Tokyo International duo competition and a special “Kodama” prize from the founder of the competition.

She was also a top prize winner with her sister in the Dranoff International duo competition in Miami, Florida. She has recorded four acclaimed CDs with her sister. Her recordings are available on CD Baby and also through her website.

Tomoko is an active performer and teacher, and she is also frequently invited to adjudicate at major piano competitions in the USA and Japan. Tomoko has served since 2010 as the artistic director for the Steinway Society of Michigan. Since 2023, she has held a teaching position at the Wayne State University piano department.

Every summer she travels to Poland to teach, perform, and co-direct with her husband, pianist Kazimierz Brzozowski the International Piano Festival in Nałęczów. They spend two summer months in their second home in the quaint old town of Kazimierz Dolny enjoying family life and preparing new repertoire.

Tomoko is a co-founder of the International Piano Festival in Nałęczów, Poland and she received a Commissioner’s Medal of Honor from the Ministry of Education in 2021 in Warsaw.