The pianist Madoka Inui was born in Kobe and had her first piano training in Tokyo. She studied at the Vienna Conservatory with Dianko Iliew and Roland Batik and was awarded her diploma unanimously with distinction. She won first prize in the Città di Stresa international piano competition and has appeared as a soloist in Austria, Japan and Spain. Since 1997 she has concentrated chiefly on chamber music, working with members of the Vienna Philharmonic such as Franz Bartolomey, Clemens Hellsberg, Peter Schmidl and Volkhard Steude. She broadcasts for Austrian radio and has appeared in concerts and gala performances with artists such as Luc Bondy, Gérard Mortier, Gert Voss, Ioan Holender, Peter Ruzicka, Neil Shicoff, Thomas Hampson, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Giuseppe Taddei, Samuel Ramey and Leo Nucci. She has participated in matinées and soirées with Salman Rushdie, Umberto Eco, Antonio Lobo Antunes and Donna Leon. With the Vienna Philharmonic principal cellist Franz Bartolomey she has recorded music for cello and piano by Johannes Brahms, Johann Strauss and Richard Strauss.
