Akemi Murakami is a pianist born in Japan. She is counted among the most popular Lied accompanists and chamber music partners of her generation. Her Lied partners are amongst others Benjamin Appl, Thomas E. Bauer, Daniel Behle, Angelika Kirchschlager und Manuel Walser. She appears as a soloist, as a Lied and chamber music partner at numerous concerts and festivals, like the music festival Heidelberger Frühling, the Aldeburgh Festival, the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel Festival in Bruxelles as well as at the Konzerthaus Berlin, Prinzregententheater Munich, the Markgräfliches Opernhaus Bayreuth, the Brucknerhaus Linz and the Opera de Lille. She made concert tours to Switzland, Italy, England and Japan. Akemi Murakami graduated from the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich. She is initiator and artistic director of the Lied recital series „LIEDERLEBEN“ located in the Munich residence.
