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【Akiyo Lambert Kai】

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Lyre, harpsichord, voice (currently resuming),

composition and arrangement.
Working across four fields

— performance, therapy, education, and psychology —
I integrate sound, body, and mind.

For more than 40 years,

I have been engaged in nurturing future generations.
 

In the 2020s, I established an original approach,
Akiyo Lyre Method.
Based in France, I continue to explore,

through creative work,
the profound relationship between

human beings and sound.

 

 

【Musical Journey】​

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  • Since 2018, she has been organizing and directing stage projects and has returned to active concert.

  • Italy (Milan, Pesaro) Studied and performanced Renaissance dance for 5 years..

  • Since 2011, she has directed Music Belle (formerly Atelier Belle),
    an entity active in music education, therapy, and publishing,
    alongside a non-profit organization.

  • Germany (Munich)Studied eurythmy (movement-based expressive art).

  • In 2000, during a period of illness, an encounter with the lyre played by Yukiko Aoki marked a major turning point, opening a new way of engaging with music.

  • Subsequently, illness required her to take a period of rest.

  • She studied in France, focusing on French art song, opera, and early music.

  • She founded the voice group.

  • In the 1980s, she was affiliated with the Tokyo Nikikai Opera Studio and pursued a wide range of artistic activities
    across television, advertising, and stage performance.

  • She began studying the piano at the age of 4.

 

 

【About the Lyre】

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  • 2026 Lecturer at the World Lyre Conference (Dornach, Switzerland). (scheduled)

  • 2023 Performed in a concert featuring original works for lyre.

  • 2015 Lecturer at the World Lyre Conference (Detroit, USA).

  • Since 2011 Founder of the Tokyo Music Atelier.

  • Music Therapy Internship. Completed at the anthroposophical psychiatric hospital in Dornach, Switzerland,
    followed by clinical work at Rudolf Steiner therapeutic institutions in the Paris metropolitan area.

  • Since 2005 Founder of the Paris Music Atelier.

  • 2000s Served as section leader in the South German Lyre Orchestra (Munich area).

  • Since 2001 Active in international lyre-related activities since the
    1st World Lyre Conference (Hamburg).

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【Selected Performances & Stage Activities】

 

  • 2023, Performed in a concert featuring original works for lyre. Lyre and harpsichord works concert “The Forest Fairy Cat” (Matsumoto Memorial Music Guest House, Nakano 415)

  • ​2018–2019, Renaissance court dance concerts (Kioi Hall, Jiyū Gakuen Myōnichikan)

  • Since the 2010s, Ceremonial events at Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris (NHK), Archaeological Museum of Ferrara, Italy, Sforza Castle, Milan, Italy, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Grand Auditorium.​​

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【Publications & Workshops】

 

  • 2024, Workshop “Music Therapy for Healing Emotional Wounds” (organized by Mugi no Ko)

  • 2020, Nursing journal Clinical Study, July and August issues (Fujisan Publishing)

  • Since the 2020s, “First Steps with the Lyre” (Music Belle Editions) , Sheet music sales on Piascore

 

 

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【Education & Leadership】

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Education

  • Currently enrolled at a Municipal Conservatory, 
    Department of Early Music, specializing in Harpsichord.

  • Sorbonne University (Paris 5 Descartes – Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences), Department of  Educational Psychology, Diploma in Art Therapy and Music Therapy.

  • École Normale de Musique de Paris, Performer’s Diploma in Vocal Studies.

  • Kunitachi College of Music, Graduate of the Department of Music Education (alumna of the affiliated junior and senior high school piano program).

  • Shobi Conservatory of Music, Diploma in Vocal Studies.

  • Tokyo Nikikai Opera Studio,
     

Leadership

  • Founder and Director of the Japan–France Association for Psychological Music Therapy (NPO).

  • Founder and Director of Music Belle (formerly Atelier Belle).

 

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​【English｜Qualifications, Affiliations & Awards】

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Qualifications

  • State-Registered Music Therapist (France)

  • Licensed Psychologist (Japan)

  • Certified Music Therapist, Japanese Music Therapy Association

  • Certified Hypnotherapist (NGH – National Guild of Hypnotists, USA)

  • Member of Cercle C (French Vocal Research Group, Tokyo University of the Arts)

  • Japanese National Teaching License in Music and 
    Performer’s Diploma in Vocal Performance

 

Awards

  • First Prize, Ferrara Renaissance Dance Competition

  • Second Prize (no First Prize awarded),
    UFAM International Vocal Competition, France

  • Consul General’s Award,
    French Music Competition – Vocal Division

 

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