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Marina Iwao
MARINA IWAO (’18) 29, born in Fukuoka, Japan, is a master’s student at The Juilliard School, where she studies with Jonathan Feldman. Performances include a collaboration with Quatuor Debussy in Japan, and performance at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall at as the first prizewinner of the Bradshaw and Buono International Piano Competition. This is her second summer at the Music Academy of the West.