Akiyo LambertKai

Akiyo has lived in Paris for nearly 30 years and now travels between Paris and Tokyo. With 40 years of experience in music instruction, Akiyo attracts people from Japan, as well as other parts of Asia and North Africa, who are captivated by her lyre's sounds on YouTube and stage performances. She serves as an instructor at the World Lyre Conferences and has taught lyre workshops in France, Germany, and the United States. Her unique Akiyo Lyre Method, which is different from traditional techniques. Based on the lyre technique of lyre creator Holland Gärtner and the harp technique of Elena Polonska, Akiyo discovered and systemized her original lyre method as a performance instrument on the stage that is different from existing ones. She also studied early music in Spain and France, which she utilizes in her performances of Bach and other works. In 2005, Akiyo began teaching lyre at the Paris Atelier. And opened an NPO and a Tokyo studio in 2011. She now trains beginners, professional performers, and teachers in the Akiyo Lyre Method, considering the instrument's significance in music therapy.

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After singing the Tokyo Nikikai Opera Studio, she appeared on many stages as a soprano singer and appeared on TV and commercials, but in 1998, she began to develop early symptoms of collagen disease and was forced to take a break. She discovered Yuko Aoki's lyre and began playing it in France. In 2004, she became a member of the Munich Lyre Orchestra, led by Susanne Heinz, as a part-leader, and also appeared in many duo concerts with Susanne. She performed solo at ceremonies at the Grand Hall of the National Library of France, Palazzo Sforza in Milan, and Père Lachaise in Paris. She has concerts from 2023, performing at the Matsumoto Memorial Music Guest House "Fairy Forest Cat."

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<Akiyo's work career using lyre> 
◎ Ita Wegman Clinic and Johannes Clinic Hospital, both located near the Goetheanum headquarters in Doornach

◎ Assistant music therapist at the Chatou Children's Facility for Intellectually Disabled Children near Paris.

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・French nationally registered music therapist (FFM)

・Japanese Certified Public Pychologist (CPP)

・Japanese Music Therapy Certified Music Therapist （JMTA）

・Japanese Society of Hypnosis and Medical Psychology

・American hypnotherapist NGH

・Concert C (Menmber of Tokyo University of the Arts, Hiroko Nakamura French Music and Vocal Research Group) ・JASRAC (Composor)

・Director of the NPO French Psycho-music Therapy Association

・Director Music Atelier Bell

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