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• 2025/12/12

  Concert

  Lecture Concert “Aesthetics of Rubato Vol. 2” was held

• 2025/10/02

  Notice

  Announcement: Lecture Concert “Aesthetics of Rubato Vol. 2” (December 12, 2025)

• 2025/08/02

  Report

  A report on the Lecture Concert “Aesthetics of Rubato Vol. 1” has been published on Record Geijutsu ONLINE

• 2025/07/30

  Concert

  Lecture Concert “Aesthetics of Rubato Vol. 1” was held

• 2025/06/01

  Notice

  Announcement: Lecture Concert “Aesthetics of Rubato Vol. 1” (July 30, 2025)

• 2025/02/28

  Report

  “Report on the Grant for Academic Events in Music (Akiko Washino)” has been published on the website of the Musicological Society of Japan

• 2025/02/28

  Report

  “Observer’s Report on the Grant for Academic Events in Music (Natsuko Jimbo)” has been published on the website of the Musicological Society of Japan

• 2025/02/18

  Report

  A report on the symposium “Reading Performances” has been published on the website of the PTNA Piano Research Institute

• 2024/12/08

  Lecture

  Symposium “Reading Performances” was held

• 2024/11/20

  Notice

  Announcement: Symposium “Reading Performances” (December 8, 2024)

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Career

• April 2017 - Present: Associate Professor, Graduate School of Human and Social Sciences, Fukuoka Prefectural University
• October 2016 - Present: Associate Professor, Department of Human Formation, Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, Fukuoka Prefectural University
• April 2016 - March 2017: Visiting Scholar, Graduate School of Humanities, Stanford University
• October 2011 - September 2016: Lecturer, Department of Human Formation, Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, Fukuoka Prefectural University

Affiliation

• Fukuoka Prefectural University, Faculty of Human and Social Sciences / Graduate School of Human and Social Sciences (Associate Professor)

Degrees

• Master of Music, State University of New York, Purchase College Graduate School
• Master of Music, Royal Conservatory of The Hague, The Netherlands
• Doctor of Letters, Osaka University Graduate School

Research Fields

• Musicology and Performing Arts Studies
• Performance (Piano, Fortepiano)
• Children’s Musical Expression

Research Keywords

• Chopin
• Mazurka
• 19th-century performance practice
• Performance analysis
• Player piano
• Piano rolls
• MIDI
• Preluding
• Improvisation
• Historical recordings
• Period instruments (fortepiano, clavichord)
• Piano performance
• Musical expression
• Children’s musical expression

Publications

• Akiko Washino, “How Did Carl Reinecke Conceive the Beat?: A Performance Analysis of the Second Movement of Mozart’s Piano Concerto K. 537,” Osaka University Musicological Journal, 22, 195–209, February 2026.

• Shingo Sakurai and Akiko Washino, “Educational Practice Aimed at Improving Expressive Abilities in Art and Music in Early Childhood Education: Producing Video Teaching Materials from the Children’s Perspective,” Bulletin of the Faculty of Human and Social Studies, Fukuoka Prefectural University, 34(1), 75–87, October 2025.

• Akiko Washino, “Analysis of an edited performance record: Josef Hofmann’s piano roll of Chopin’s Waltz Op. 42,” Osaka University Musicological Journal, 21, 1–15, March 2025.

• Akiko Washino and Shingo Sakurai, “Developing Educational Practices for Creating Video Teaching Materials in the ‘Expression’ Domain of Early Childhood Education to Enhance University Students’ ICT Utilization Skills and Develop Collaborative Abilities,” Bulletin of the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, Fukuoka Prefectural University, 33(2), 53–66, March 2025.

• Akiko Washino and Craig Stuart Sapp, “Josef Hofmann (1876–1957) Piano Roll Editing: Analysis of Editorial Traces in Duo-Art (No. 6401-6),” Bulletin of the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, Fukuoka Prefectural University, 32(2), 1–21, March 2024.

• Akiko Washino, “Differences in Notation Between the Special Support Textbook Ongaku☆ (Hoshihon) and Elementary School Music Textbooks,” Bulletin of the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, Fukuoka Prefectural University, 32(2), 55–64, March 2024.

• Akiko Washino, “Improvised Prelude Performances by Wilhelm Backhaus,” Journal of Music Expression Studies, 21, 1–20, November 2023.

• Akiko Washino, “Improvised Prelude Performances of Josef Hofmann (1876–1957),” Osaka University Musicological Journal, 19, 47–73, March 2023.

• Akiko Washino, “The Mazurka in Chopin’s Waltz, Op. 42: Investigating the Discrepancies between Rosenthal’s Performances, his Score Notations, and his Explanations as to how the Piece should be Played,” The Element of Dance in Music of the First Half of the Nineteenth Century, 179–203, 2023.

• Akiko Washino, “Proximity of Performance Tempo in Repeated Performances by the Same Performer: A Comparative Analysis of Multiple Recordings of Chopin’s Waltz Op. 42 by Rosenthal and Hofmann,” Osaka University Musicological Journal, 15, 51–82, 2018.

• Akiko Washino, “Percentage of Primary Triads in Children’s Songs for ‘Playing and Singing’: Rethinking Instruction Methods for Piano Beginners,” Bulletin of the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, Fukuoka Prefectural University, 26(2), 139–150, February 2018.

• Akiko Washino and Kuniyoshi Sakurai, “Research Notes on Music and Art ‘Teaching Materials’ in Expressive Activities of Young Children,” Bulletin of the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, Fukuoka Prefectural University, 26(2), 129–137, February 2018.

• Akiko Washino and Craig Stuart Sapp, “Piano Rolls as Performance Analysis Resources,” Bulletin of the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, Fukuoka Prefectural University, 26(1), 27–48, September 2017.

• Akiko Washino, “Performance Analysis through Quantitative Study of Piano Rolls: Chopin’s Waltz Op. 42,” Doctoral Dissertation, 1–180, March 2017.

• Akiko Washino, “Paderewski’s Rubato: An Analytical Essay on Piano Rolls (Part 2),” Osaka University Musicological Journal, 14, 1–33, December 2016.

• Akiko Washino, “Paderewski’s Rubato: An Analytical Essay on Piano Rolls (Part 1),” Philocalia, 33, 27–58, March 2016.

• Akiko Washino, “An Attempt at Data Analysis of Piano Rolls: Focusing on the Waltz Rhythms in Paderewski’s Performance of Chopin’s Waltz Op. 34-1,” Bulletin of the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, Fukuoka Prefectural University, 24(1), 55–71, September 2015.

• Hiromi Nakato and Akiko Washino, “Challenges and Methods in Pre-Internship Education: Based on Students’ Understanding of Environmental Structure,” Bulletin of the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, Fukuoka Prefectural University, 24(1), 17–31, September 2015.

• Akiko Washino, “Brahms and the Arpeggio: Interpreting the Significance of Arpeggios in Performances from His Time—Both Reflected and Not Reflected in the Scores,” Bulletin of the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, Fukuoka Prefectural University, 22(2), 77–102, January 2014.

• Akiko Washino, “What Kind of Performance Did Brahms Imagine for Op. 117-1? Understanding the Expressive Potential of ‘Discrepancies’,” Bulletin of the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, Fukuoka Prefectural University, 22(1), 55–67, July 2013.

• Akiko Washino, “Rethinking the ‘Correct’ Way to Read a Musical Score,” Shunju, 525, 19–21, January 2011.

Presentations

• Akiko Washino, “Exploring Performance Possibilities of Chopin’s Works Based on Historical Performances,” Lecture Concert “Aesthetics of Rubato Vol. 2: What Did Chopin Want the Piano to Express?”, Osaka University Hall (Osaka), December 12, 2025.

• Akiko Washino, “The Left-Hand Accompaniment in Mozart’s Adagio K. 540 by Fritz von Bose,” Panel: “Reconsidering Early Tempo Rubato” (Panelists: Akiko Washino, Yasushi Ueda, Hermann Gottschewski, Ryohei Hashimoto, Natsuko Jimbo), The 76th Annual Conference of the Musicological Society of Japan, Sapporo Otani University (Hokkaido), November 1, 2025.

• Akiko Washino, “Source Criticism and Qualitative Interpretation in Historical Performance Practice: A Case Study of Carl Reinecke’s Performance of Mozart’s Piano Concerto K. 537,” The 144th Music Information Science Research Meeting (SIGMUS Summer Symposium), Keio University Hiyoshi Campus, Non-Formal Learning Space (Kanagawa), August 31, 2025.

• Akiko Washino, “Performing Mozart’s Works According to Carl Reinecke,” Lecture Concert “Aesthetics of Rubato Vol. 1: C.P.E. Bach and Mozart on Walter’s Reconstructed Instrument,” Hitotsubashi University Josuikai 100th Anniversary Intelligent Hall (Tokyo), July 30, 2025.

• Akiko Washino, “Practical Analysis of Tempo Rubato from the Perspective of Performance Duration and Dynamics,” Otogaku Symposium 2025 (The 143rd Music Information Science and 156th Spoken Language Processing Joint Research Conference), Waseda University Nishi-Waseda Campus (Tokyo), June 14, 2025.

• Akiko Washino, “How to Evaluate Differences in the Same Piece Performed by the Same Performer,” The 142nd MUS Research Meeting, Kyushu University Ohashi Campus (Fukuoka), March 8, 2025.

• Akiko Washino, “Chopin’s Tempo Rubato Embodied in Francis Planté’s (1839–1934) Performances,” Symposium “Reading Performances: Tools and Analyses of Tempo Rubato Practices,” Osaka University Nakanoshima Art Center (Osaka), December 8, 2024.

• Akiko Washino and Craig Stuart Sapp, “Traces of Josef Hofmann Editing His Own Piano-Roll Recording of Chopin’s Waltz Op. 42 (Duo-Art 6401-6),” 3rd Global Piano Roll Meeting, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, University of Sydney (Australia), July 27, 2024.

• Akiko Washino, “Performance Analysis through Quantitative Study of Piano Rolls,” Computational Musicology for Musicians, Kobe University (Hyogo), November 23, 2023.

• Akiko Washino, “Improvised Prelude Performances Notated in Scores,” The 74th Annual Conference of the Musicological Society of Japan, Seitoku University (Chiba), November 4, 2023.

• Akiko Washino, “The Relationship between Improvised Prelude Practice Examples and Surrounding Factors in the First Half of the 20th Century,” The 21st Annual Conference of the Japanese Society for Music Expression Studies, Kyoto Women’s University (Kyoto), June 18, 2023.

• Akiko Washino, “Analyzing Improvised Prelude Practices in Early 20th-Century Concerts,” The 73rd Annual Conference of the Musicological Society of Japan, Seinan Gakuin University (Fukuoka), November 27, 2022.

• Akiko Washino, “Analyzing Piano Rolls and Acoustic Recordings of Chopin’s Op. 15 No. 2 to Investigate How Tempo Rubato Was Applied by Performers Born in the 19th Century,” 2nd Global Piano Roll Meeting, Hochschule der Künste Bern (Switzerland), June 18, 2022.

• Akiko Washino, “The Culture of Performing Preludes: Prelude Performances Preserved in Early Recordings,” The 18th Annual Conference of the Japanese Society for Music Expression Studies (Published in Music Expression Studies, Vol. 18), July 31, 2020.

• Akiko Washino, “Mazurka Inflections in Chopin’s Waltz Op. 42: A Performance Analysis of Recordings and Editions by Moriz Rosenthal and Other Contemporary Pianists,” International Chopinological Conference, The Institute of Art of the Polish Academy of Sciences (Poland), November 20, 2019.

• Akiko Washino, “Elucidating the Modern and Romantic Aspects of Josef Hofmann’s Pianism Through Performance Analysis,” IMSEA 2019 (The 5th Conference of the Regional Association for East Asia of the International Musicological Society), Soochow University (China), October 18, 2019.

• Akiko Washino, “Turning Points in Performance: The Emergence of Modern Pianism,” The 17th Annual Conference of the Japanese Society for Music Expression Studies, Aichi University of Education (Aichi), June 16, 2019.

• Akiko Washino, “Josef Hofmann at the Crossroads of Romantic and Modern Pianism,” The 69th Annual Conference of the Musicological Society of Japan, Toho Gakuen School of Music Chofu Campus (Tokyo), November 3, 2018.

• Akiko Washino and Craig Stuart Sapp, “Performance Analysis of Alfred Grünfeld’s Acoustic and Piano-Roll Recordings of Schumann’s Träumerei,” Symposium “Reactions to the Record VI,” Stanford University (USA), April 7, 2018.

• Akiko Washino, “Differences and Trends in Multiple Performances by the Same Performer: Basic Tempo and Variations in Speed,” The 15th Annual Conference of the Japanese Society for Music Expression Studies, Tokyo College of Music (Tokyo), June 18, 2017.

• Akiko Washino, “A Performance Analysis Utilizing the Piano Rolls of Chopin’s Op. 42,” Conference “Ghosts in the Machine: The Player-Piano,” Cornell University (USA), May 5, 2017.

• Hiromi Nakato and Akiko Washino, “The Current State and Challenges of Students’ Awareness Regarding Environmental Structure Prior to Practical Training,” The 54th Annual Conference of the National Council for Nursery Teacher Training, Royton Sapporo (Hokkaido), September 23, 2015.

• Akiko Washino, “Analyzing Paderewski’s Rubato through Quantitative Analysis of Piano Rolls,” The 13th Annual Conference of the Japanese Society for Music Expression Studies, Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts (Okinawa), June 21, 2015.

• Akiko Washino, “Interpreting ‘Asynchrony’ in Schumann’s Notation: A Comparison with ‘Asynchrony’ in Brahms’ Works,” The 12th Annual Conference of the Japanese Society for Music Expression Studies, Tezukayama University Gakuenmae Campus (Nara), June 22, 2014.

• Akiko Washino, “‘Asynchronous’ Performances: Reconsidering Brahms’ Late Piano Pieces through Recordings (ca. 1900–1920),” The 11th Annual Conference of the Japanese Society for Music Expression Studies, Morioka Civic Cultural Hall & Aiina (Iwate), June 9, 2013.

• Akiko Washino, “‘Asynchronous’ Notation: Interpreting Brahms’ Late Works through ‘Asynchronies’,” The 10th Annual Conference of the Japanese Society for Music Expression Studies, University of Yamanashi Kofu Campus (Yamanashi), June 24, 2012.

• Akiko Washino, “The Genesis and Structure of Voříšek’s Sonata Op. 20 (1820–24),” The 8th Annual Conference of the Japanese Society for Music Expression Studies, Kyoto Women’s University (Kyoto), June 13, 2010.

Magazines & Web Journals

• “Monthly New Release Reviews,” The Record Geijutsu ONLINE, October 2024 Issue–Present (Monthly).

• “The Colorful Performance of Alexei Lubimov, a Leading Figure in the Fortepiano World,” MOOK The Record Geijutsu 2026, Ongaku no Tomo, p. 38, January 2026.

• “Piano Concerto No. 2,” MOOK Chopin and the Chopin Competition, Ongaku no Tomo, pp. 74–75, September 2025.

• “An Interview with Keiko Shichijo about Fortepiano, Mozart, and 19th-Century Performance,” The Record Geijutsu ONLINE, April 2025 Issue.

• Special Feature: “Glenn Gould’s 30 Years: The Creative Trail of ‘Recording’ 1952–1982” — Column “Glenn Gould’s Performance and Noise” and Disc Reviews (4 items), The Record Geijutsu, pp. 49, 51, 54, 57, November 2022 Issue (Published October 2022).

• Record Story No. 52: “A Modernist Continuing into the Present: J. Hofmann’s The Golden Jubilee Concert,” The Record Geijutsu, pp. 64–68, April 2022 Issue (Published March 2022).

• “The First Chopin International Competition for Period Instruments,” Musica Nova, pp. 35–36, December 2018 Issue.

• “Performance Analysis,” Music Friends (South Korea), No. 117, pp. 26–29, May 2017 Issue.

• “Los Angeles: Nethercutt Collection and El Capitan Theatre,” Music Friends (South Korea), No. 116, pp. 25–31, April 2017 Issue.

• “CCRMA and CCARH,” Music Friends (South Korea), No. 115, pp. 24–29, March 2017 Issue.

• “Scenic Silicon Valley,” Music Friends (South Korea), No. 114, pp. 25–29, February 2017 Issue.

• “Stanford University Music Library (2): Archive of Recorded Sound,” Music Friends (South Korea), No. 113, pp. 26–31, January 2017 Issue.

• “Stanford University Music Library (1),” Music Friends (South Korea), No. 112, pp. 23–28, December 2016 Issue.

• “Two Versions of ‘The Merry Widow’ at the Stanford Theatre,” Music Friends (South Korea), No. 111, pp. 23–28, November 2016 Issue.

• “AMICA (Automatic Musical Instrument Collectors’ Association),” Music Friends (South Korea), No. 110, pp. 23–28, October 2016 Issue.

• “Summer in Stanford (2): Beethoven Center in San Jose,” Music Friends (South Korea), No. 109, pp. 22–28, September 2016 Issue.

• “Summer in Stanford (1): San Francisco,” Music Friends (South Korea), No. 108, pp. 22–27, August 2016 Issue.

• “Early Music Societies and Festivals in America,” Music Friends (South Korea), No. 107, pp. 20–24, July 2016 Issue.

• “Teaching Methods in Performance Classes,” Music Friends (South Korea), No. 106, pp. 20–23, June 2016 Issue.

• “Living in Stanford: Stanford University,” Music Friends (South Korea), No. 105, pp. 20–23, May 2016 Issue.

• “New Perspectives,” Music Friends (South Korea), No. 104, pp. 20–23, April 2016 Issue.

• “Music Education for Children (2): How to Teach,” Music Friends (South Korea), No. 103, pp. 20–24, March 2016 Issue.

• “Music Education for Children (1): What to Teach,” Music Friends (South Korea), No. 102, pp. 20–25, February 2016 Issue.

• “Albert Lotto, the Pianist,” Music Friends (South Korea), No. 101, pp. 20–24, January 2016 Issue.

• “Musical Instrument Museums,” Music Friends (South Korea), No. 100, pp. 20–24, December 2015 Issue.

• “Technology,” Music Friends (South Korea), No. 99, pp. 20–24, November 2015 Issue.

• “Professor Malcolm Bilson,” Music Friends (South Korea), No. 98, pp. 20–24, October 2015 Issue.

• “The ‘Singing Style’ of Melodies in Chopin’s Nocturnes,” Music Friends (South Korea), No. 97, pp. 20–24, September 2015 Issue.

• “Composers as Performers of Their Own Works,” Music Friends (South Korea), No. 96, pp. 20–24, August 2015 Issue.

• “The Real Schumann,” Music Friends (South Korea), No. 95, pp. 20–24, July 2015 Issue.

• “How to Play Trills?,” Music Friends (South Korea), No. 94, pp. 20–24, June 2015 Issue.

• “Another Chopin Waltz Op. 34-1: Exploring Chopin’s Compositional Process Through Two Scores,” Music Friends (South Korea), No. 93, pp. 20–24, May 2015 Issue.

• “Analysis of Chopin’s Waltz Op. 34-1,” Music Friends (South Korea), No. 92, pp. 20–24, April 2015 Issue.

• “Comparing Scores of Chopin’s Waltz Op. 34-1,” Music Friends (South Korea), No. 91, pp. 20–24, March 2015 Issue.

• “Art Rooted in the Land,” Music Friends (South Korea), No. 90, pp. 20–24, February 2015 Issue.

• “Magical Elements and Illusions,” Music Friends (South Korea), No. 89, pp. 20–24, January 2015 Issue.

• “Practice,” Music Friends (South Korea), No. 88, pp. 20–23, December 2014 Issue.

• “Timing,” Music Friends (South Korea), No. 87, pp. 18–22, November 2014 Issue.

• “Refined Works and Their Creators,” Music Friends (South Korea), No. 86, pp. 18–22, October 2014 Issue.

• “19th-Century Pianists Who Did Not Play Chords Simultaneously,” Music Friends (South Korea), No. 85, pp. 18–22, September 2014 Issue.

• “Anseong Namsadang,” Music Friends (South Korea), No. 84, pp. 18–22, August 2014 Issue.

• “Czech Composer Jan Václav Voříšek,” Music Friends (South Korea), No. 83, pp. 18–22, July 2014 Issue.

• “Why Are There Multiple Editions of the Same Piece?,” Music Friends (South Korea), No. 82, pp. 18–22, June 2014 Issue.

• “Jewish Musicians in the 19th Century,” Music Friends (South Korea), No. 81, pp. 18–22, May 2014 Issue.

• “Musicians and Salons,” Music Friends (South Korea), No. 80, pp. 18–22, April 2014 Issue.

• “Performances from 100 Years Ago,” Music Friends (South Korea), No. 79, pp. 18–22, March 2014 Issue.

• “Choosing Educational Materials: Czerny’s Etudes,” Music Friends (South Korea), No. 78, pp. 18–22, February 2014 Issue.

• “La Valse: The Phantom Ballet ‘Vienna’,” Music Friends (South Korea), No. 77, pp. 18–22, January 2014 Issue.

• “Chamber Music,” Music Friends (South Korea), No. 76, pp. 18–22, December 2013 Issue.

• “The Voices of Composers,” Music Friends (South Korea), No. 75, pp. 18–22, November 2013 Issue.

• “Professor Detlef Kraus,” Music Friends (South Korea), No. 74, pp. 18–22, October 2013 Issue.

• “The Existence of Discrepancies,” Music Friends (South Korea), No. 73, pp. 18–22, September 2013 Issue.

• “Waiting and Rests,” Music Friends (South Korea), No. 72, pp. 18–22, August 2013 Issue.

• “Player Pianos,” Music Friends (South Korea), No. 71, pp. 17–21, July 2013 Issue.

• “Perspectives from Fortepiano Performances,” Music Friends (South Korea), No. 70, pp. 17–22, June 2013 Issue.

• “The Modern Fortepiano Maker: An Interview with Robert Brown on Instrument Making,” Music Friends (South Korea), No. 69, pp. 17–21, May 2013 Issue.

• “The Introduction of a New Instrument to Vienna’s Musical Scene: A Study of Moscheles’ 1823 Concert (Reflecting on Tom Beghin’s Paper),” Music Friends (South Korea), No. 68, pp. 16–21, April 2013 Issue.

• “Playing the Fortepiano,” Music Friends (South Korea), No. 67, pp. 17–21, March 2013 Issue.

• “University Admissions for Music Majors,” Music Friends (South Korea), No. 66, pp. 18–21, February 2013 Issue.

• “The Joy of Listening,” Music Friends (South Korea), No. 65, pp. 18–21, January 2013 Issue.

• “Repetition and Recurrence,” Music Friends (South Korea), No. 64, pp. 18–21, December 2012 Issue.

• “The Material of Sound,” Music Friends (South Korea), No. 63, pp. 17–21, November 2012 Issue.

• “Why Is It So Difficult to Use the Pedal Correctly?,” Musica Nova, pp. 84–85, November 2012 Issue.

• “Schoenberg,” Music Friends (South Korea), No. 62, pp. 16–21, October 2012 Issue.

• “Lessons from My Time Studying in America,” Music Friends (South Korea), No. 61, pp. 18–21, September 2012 Issue.

• “The Techniques of Performance,” Music Friends (South Korea), No. 60, pp. 16–19, August 2012 Issue.

• “Work Analysis,” Music Friends (South Korea), No. 59, pp. 16–20, July 2012 Issue.

• “Memorization, Sheet Music, and Page Turning,” Music Friends (South Korea), No. 58, pp. 16–19, June 2012 Issue.

• “The Space of Performance,” Music Friends (South Korea), No. 57, pp. 16–19, May 2012 Issue.

• “Tradition: The Inheritance of Performance Styles,” Music Friends (South Korea), No. 56, pp. 16–19, April 2012 Issue.

• “Mozart,” Music Friends (South Korea), No. 55, pp. 16–19, March 2012 Issue.

• “Teachers,” Music Friends (South Korea), No. 54, pp. 16–19, February 2012 Issue.

• “Pedals,” Music Friends (South Korea), No. 53, pp. 16–19, January 2012 Issue.

• “Slurs,” Music Friends (South Korea), No. 52, pp. 16–19, December 2011 Issue.

• “Esterháza,” Music Friends (South Korea), No. 51, pp. 16–19, November 2011 Issue.

• “Fingerings,” Music Friends (South Korea), No. 50, pp. 18–21, October 2011 Issue.

• “The Clavichord,” Music Friends (South Korea), No. 49, pp. 20–22, September 2011 Issue.

• “Cadences,” Music Friends (South Korea), No. 48, pp. 18–20, August 2011 Issue.

• “Listening and Playing,” Music Friends (South Korea), No. 47, pp. 20–21, July 2011 Issue.

• “The Appeal of Duets,” Music Friends (South Korea), No. 46, pp. 18–19, June 2011 Issue.

• “Composing: Lessons from the Movie Amadeus,” Music Friends (South Korea), No. 45, pp. 18–19, May 2011 Issue.

• “From Europe,” Music Friends (South Korea), No. 44, pp. 17–19, April 2011 Issue.

• “Understanding Music,” Music Friends (South Korea), No. 43, pp. 18–19, March 2011 Issue.

Book Reviews & Newspaper Articles

• Newspaper Article: “Vast Collection of Phonographs and SP Records,” Osaka Daily News, June 21, 2022, p. 8.

• Book Review: Review of The Young Violinist on the Titanic by Christopher Ward (trans. Shinji Ogasawara), Weekly Book Review, January 2020, p. 6.

• Book Review: Review of Vienna Philharmonic Concertmaster’s Backstage Story by Werner Hink (trans. Masayasu Komiya), Weekly Book Review, February 2018, p. 6.

• Book Review: Review of The Legend of Constanze Mozart: Fact or Fiction by Masayasu Komiya, Weekly Book Review, May 2017, p. 6.

• Book Review: Review of The Resonance of the Left Hand on the Piano by Takeo Chinai, Weekly Book Review, April 2016, p. 6.

• Newspaper Article: “The MIN-ON Music Museum West Japan Branch,” Osaka Daily News, September 9, 2015, p. 18.

• Book Review: Review of Schumann’s Marriage: The Untold Truth by Piet Waakey Eijsten (trans. Misaki Kazama), Weekly Book Review, June 2015, p. 6.

Dictionary

• “Automatic Musical Instruments,” Dictionary of Music History, Maruzen Publishing, pp. 540–541, December 31, 2025.

Research Projects & Grants

• “Deepening Performance Analysis Using Sound and Score Media: Focusing on Chopin’s Mazurkas”
  JSPS KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), April 2026–March 2031
  Principal Investigator: Akiko Washino; Co-Investigators: Nobuhiro Ito, Yasushi Ueda, Hermann Gottschewski, Hiroko Nishida, Risa Matsuo, Eita Nakamura, Mitsuyo Hashida

• “Prefectural University Video Production Project”
  Tagawa City “Bringing Learning to the Town × Shaping Ideas into Reality: Campus to Community Project,” April 2026–March 2027
  Principal Investigator: Akiko Washino

• “Analysis of Rubato Performance Techniques through Quantitative Analysis of Piano Rolls and Historical Performances of the Early 20th Century”
  JSPS KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), April 2022–March 2026
  Principal Investigator: Akiko Washino; Co-Investigators: Nobuhiro Ito, Yasushi Ueda, Kunio Yamamoto

• “Prelude Performance in 19th-Century Musical Culture”
  JSPS KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), April 2019–March 2022
  Principal Investigator: Akiko Washino (Solo)

• “Analyzing ‘Preluding’ in Early Recordings and Musical Scores: The Role of Preludes in 19th-Century Performance Practices”
  Kao Foundation for Arts and Sciences, Grant for Music Research (Arts and Culture Division), April 2019–March 2020
  Principal Investigator: Akiko Washino (Solo)

• “Performance Analysis of Waltz Works Using Quantitative Analysis of Piano Rolls”
  JSPS KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B), April 2015–March 2018
  Principal Investigator: Akiko Washino (Solo)

• “Analysis of Rubato Performance Techniques through Quantitative Analysis of Piano Rolls”
  Kawai Sound Technology and Music Foundation, Research Grant for Music Promotion, April 2016–March 2017
  Principal Investigator: Akiko Washino (Solo)

• “Tracing 19th-Century Performance Styles Through Recordings”
  JSPS KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B), April 2013–March 2015
  Principal Investigator: Akiko Washino (Solo)