February 8th, at 5:00 p.m., featuring organist Ayako Kuwayama, a performance organist known throughout Europe and current organist at Kyoto Catholic Kawaramachi Church. Come and enjoy her majestic and delicate performance of classics by Bach, Mozart, and more.

Tickets are 2000 yen per person and there is free parking in the church parking lot. Baked goods will be sold starting at 4 p.m. in the church gift shop while supplies last, with all proceeds supporting church ministry operations.

Organist Profile
Ayako Kuwayama is a renowned pipe organist who graduated with honors from the Lyon National Higher Conservatory of Music in France. She has performed widely in France and internationally, including on historic organs in the Netherlands and Germany. Kuwayama is a prizewinner of the Gottfried Silbermann International Organ Competition and a recipient of the Kyoto City Arts Newcomer Award.

She currently serves as a part-time lecturer at Elizabeth University and organist at the Kyoto Catholic Kawaramachi Church.

Sample Program:

• J.S. Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565

• J.S. Bach: Fugue in G minor, BWV 578

• W.A. Mozart: Andante

• G. Muffat： Toccata No.11

• N. Bruhns: Praeludium in E Minor