Studies: graduated from Senzoku-Gakuen College of Music (composition-course).Received Diploma from Poitier Summer Music College (fiugue and solfège ).
Worked at FM-classic radio station . And later Festival Adviser, Teaching Solfège for pre-college students, composer , arranger and pianist for chorus till 2004. Re-started to practice the piano since 2019, currently musicology research assistant.
Awards: 2022 Golden- Classical Music Awards International Competition 2nd prize. International Music Competition Paris `Grand Prize Virtuozo`2nd prize, 2023 WNYLE Piano Competition 2nd prize, 2024Charleston International Music Competition (Baroque Music Competition)3rd prize, 2024 Charleston International Music Competition (Romantic Music Competition)4th prize.
You can find Yumiko’s 2024 Baroque Music Competition piano performance here.
You can find Yumiko’s 2024 Romantic Music Competition piano performance here.
Watch Yumiko Oka perform Nocturne Op27-2 by Chopin on the piano for the 2025 Virtuoso Music Competition as part of the Charleston International Music Competition.