Born in Yokohama, Japan, Takako Ono from her earliest childhood on showed great interestinmusic,theatre and fine arts. She emphatically leaned on her parents for permission to attendthe"YAMAHA Early Musical Education Course" and, at the age of seven, qualified for the "YAMAHA Special Course" for piano and composition where she was taught by Mariko Kabe. Herfinalcomposition for this course, "Snow Fantasia" for piano and flute op.4, was nominated forthe nationwide „YAMAHA Junior Original Concert“ competition, was met withgreat enthusiasm by the audience and was later recorded by professional musicians.
Takako Ono started her piano studies at TOHO Music collegeTokyo with Yuko Ninomiya before leaving for Germany in 1999 where she continued her pianistic education with Prof.ManfredFockatthe Musikhochschule Lübeck. A subsequent postgraduate course with Prof.WolfgangManzatthe Hochschule für Musik in Nuremberg helped her elaborate her skills and musicalidiom. Likewise did master classes by Lev Naumov, Anatol Ugorski, Klaus Hellwig,John Perry,CatherineVickers and Peter Feuchtwanger give her the opporunity to work with other internationally renowned pianists and teachers.
Even before completing her studies at the Hochschule für Musik, Takako Ono was awardeda first Prize at the Mozartverein Chamber Music Competition together with her piano trio "dolce", and 3rd prize at the Pescara International Piano Competition. In 2003 she completed herstudies with distinction in her graduate recital.
In numerous inspirational piano recitals and chamber music concerts in Japan and all overEurope,she managed to captivate her audience just like in piano concertos where she performedwith the Sinfonica di Pescara and the Nürnberger Symphoniker.
Lately, and alongside her career as a pianist and teacher, Takako Ono has increasingly been seeking her personal artistic expression and development again within the realm of her own compositions.
Her composition "Haiku Suite Op.11" (piano trio) and "JIKU-Timeline Op.25" (2 flutes & piano)were published by Syrinx Publisher and 2 CD "Impression" (pagma label) "Trio1&2" havealready been released.
Takako Ono received an award at classik Radio Germany "Young Classix Award 2015" and her composition "5 Elements" for piano and orchestra was performed in Germany (2017) and Japan(2018) conducted by Mr. Tetsuro Ban (General Music Director Regensburg).
JIKU -Timeline for 2 flute and piano Op.25 was selected as a compulsory piece for the 19thFriedrichKuhlau International Flute Competition (2021) in category II (2fl and piano). she releasedtwo albums "Takako Ono Works JIKU" and "Ensemble Lunata JIKU" by Lebel Musica-Gloria
In October 2022 two works, "The birds of prophechy" for 2 flutes and piano ,"The Castle at Night"for 2 flutes were published by Furore Publisher( Kassel, Germany) and presented at the International Flute Convention in France.