Michiko Yamada (23) was born in London to Japanese parents and studied with Svetlin Roussev at the Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique de Paris and Rainer Kussmaul at the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg. She has received chamber music guidance from Nobuko Ima, Jean-Guien Queras, Hae-Sun Kang, Jean Sulem, Michel Strauss and Eric Lesage and since 2012 she has been affiliated to the Orchester-Akademie der Berliner Philharmoniker with Christian Stadelmann as a teacher.

Watch her performance at the first round here:

Watch her performance at the second round here: