Yoriko Richman- Piano Instructor

Yoriko’s background in music started at a young age and has rapidly progressed since then. She holds a Bachelor’s in Piano from Musashino Academia Musicae in Tokyo, Japan. During that time she also studied jazz drums at the Yamaha Drums School. After graduating, she then obtained her Professional Performance degree in Jazz Piano and Arrangement at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. She then also graduated from the Dalcroze School of Music in New York and received a Dalcroze International License.

She has also taught a teacher’s training program at the Dalcroze School of Music in New York. She is a former preparatory division faculty of the Mannes College of Music. She then taught the Dalcroze method to children at Showa Academia Musicae in Japan and ran several teacher training programs.

She proceeded to study in a postgraduate program at Institut Jaques-Dalcroze in Geneva, Switzerland. She has been a preparatory division faculty of San Francisco Conservatory of Music since 1999. She has been also a faculty member of San Francisco Girls Chorus since 2014.

Yoriko enjoys working with students of all ages and teaching everything from classical and popular to jazz piano and theory. She’d excited to help you get started on or continue your musical journey!

Alive or Dead, What Musician would you do anything to see?

Beethoven

Greatest Musical Influence?

Beethoven, he’s my favorite!

Any hidden talents besides music?

I’m great at cooking

What did you want to be while you were growing up?

I’ve always wanted to be a teacher

If you could have any ‘Super Power’, which one would it be?

I would love to heal everyone’s sufferings

If you could master any other instrument which would it be?

Cello

Have you had what people would consider your “15 Minutes of Fame”, and if so when/what was that?

I’ve played with great musicians at Gala at Lincoln Center Opera theater, New York

It’s your last meal: What would it be?

Kyoto Cuisine!

You are sent to a deserted island, and you only have one album to listen to: Which is it?

A good big band jazz album

If you could leave one lesson with your students what would it be?
Enjoy the music throughout your life!