Atsuko hails from Japan and has trained in some of the worlds most prestigious institutions:

YAMAHA Music School of Japan 1978-2001

Otani College of Music 1992-1995

Berklee College of Music 2002-2004

She has taught in the YAMAHA Music School of Japan between 1995 and 2001.  She has been teaching in Gibraltar since 2006 and is joining the Gibraltar Academy of Music and Performing Arts for Group Technique Classes.