Keiko Tamura was born in Japan. At an early age she took piano and composition lessons at the Tokyo Music High School. She later studied with Eliza and Conrad Hansen at the Lübeck University of Music, passing her concert examination with distinction. She received her chamber music training with renowned musicians such as Walter Levin, Menahem Pressler and Vladimir Ashkenazy. Keiko Tamura has won prizes at many interna tion al competitions. For example, in 1990, as part of a duo with cellist Thomas Grossenbacher, she was a prizewinner at the Vittorio Gui International Chamber Music Competition in Florence and was singled out as the “best piano accompanist” at the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow in 1998 and 2002.

Since then the pianist has performed throughout Europe as well as in the USA, Japan and Korea. She has appeared in concert at the Davos Festival and the Rheingau Music Festival, has performed chamber music with David Geringas and Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi, the Artemis Quartet and the Bartók Quartet from Budapest and has appeared as a soloist with the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich under Armin Jordan. Many of her performances have been broadcast on radio and television. Keiko Tamura is a member of the Trio Caleidoskopio, with violinist Primož Novšak and cellist Thomas Grossenbacher.