Saori Chiba's business and music biographies appear in the 19th Edition of Marquis Publications':


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Ms. Chiba is also the recipient of the year 2000's WORLD WHO'S WHO OF WOMEN, "WOMAN OF ACHIEVEMENT AWARD," from the American Biographical Institute for her "Excellence in the Performing Arts." Saori Chiba was also selected by the American Biographical Institute to receive their award as WOMAN OF THE YEAR, 2001.

Saori Chiba: pianist, accompanist, vocal coach, educator; b. Tokyo, Japan; Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance, Ueno Gakuen, Tokyo; Master of Music in Piano Performance, Chicago College of Performing Arts, Roosevelt University, Chicago,1998; Principal pianist, Skowronski: Classical Recordings, Evanston, Ill, 1994----; Principal pianist, Skowronski Violin Studio, Evanston, Ill, 1994----; Vice-President, Vincent Skowronski Music Foundation, Evanston, Ill, 1999----; guest artist/pianist, Chicago Music Mart at De Paul Center, "World Premiere" of Rhapsody Pathetique, a Hebraic Lament, for Violin and Piano, by American composer, Richard Nanes, 1994; Compact disc, Skowronski Plays! **Live in Concert**, (S:CR:03), 2000; Compact disc, Skowronski Plays! **Franck, Szymanowski, Bacewicz and Saint-Saëns**, (S:CR:04), 2002; staff pianist, Classical Symphony Orchestra and Protogé Philharmonic, Chicago, Ill, 1994----; Beijing Tour, Peoples' Republic of China, 1994; Studio pianist, Chicago College of Performing Arts, Roosevelt University, Chicago, Il, 1995----; School of Music, Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill, 1999----; pianist/ accompanist for voice studios of New York Metropolitan Opera singers, Mignon Dunn, Judith Haddon, Susanne Mentzer and Richard Stilwell in Chicago, Ill, 1999----; participant in many master classes with Dalton Baldwin and Martin Katz. Discography, International Schwann Opus, 2001----; International Schwann Artist Guide, 2001----; accompanist for artists and colleagues in her field; harpsichordist for various recitals; accompanist/coach for the Suzuki Academy, Sherwood Academy of Music, Chicago, Ill, 1997-99; impresario, principal pianist, accompanist, coordinator for "Tunes at Noon,"Chicago Music Mart at De Paul Center, 1994----; featured artist (FM radio broadcasts), WNIB-FM, WNIU-FM, KING-FM, KFUC-FM, WFMR-FM, WFIU-FM, etc., and special appearances on prestigious features, "American Romantics" and " Chicago Musicians," WNIB-FM, 1997-2001; assisting performer at conventions of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Chicago, Ill, 1997----; performer at La Féte de la Musique, French Consulate in Chicago, 1999; numerous recital performances, De Paul University Center, 1994----; Norris University Center, Northwestern University, 1994, 98; Harold Washington Library Center, Orpheus Classical Music Series, 1995, 98; J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Norris University Center, Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill, 1996; Barat College,"Chamber Music in the Chapel" series, Lake Forest, Ill, 1996, 97, 99; Chicago Cultural Center, Preston Bradley Hall, Chamber Music Concerts and various Competition Award Recitals, 1996----; Harold Washington Library Center, Chautauqua Series for Contemporary Music, 1997; Polish-American Heritage Month, October Celebration, Illinois State Building Auditorium, (Governor James Thompson Center), Chicago, Ill, 1998; "East Meets West;The Hellenic Connection," sponsored by the Hellenic Professional Society of Illinois in conjunction with the Department of Music, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, 2000; master class/recital, The Art of Song. Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, Alabama, 2000; Private Audience with His Holiness, Pope John Paul II, at the Aula Paolo VI, Vatican City, 1995; NOMINATION, Grammy Award for BEST CHAMBER MUSIC PERFORMANCE , (S:CR:03), 44th Annual Grammy Awards, 2001.