Naoko Nebl

Naoko Nebl is a lecturer for chromatic harmonica at the Hohner Conservatory. 

Naoko Nebl was born in Kanagawa/Japan.
At the age of 4 she received her first piano lessons, and at 8 her first harmonica lesson. 

She won first prizes several times in national and international competitions, for example in 1988, 1992 and 1994 at the F.I.H. Japan Harmonica Contest, as well as in 1991 in the youth category at the World Championship in the USA. In 1994 she began her harmonica studies in Trossingen at the Hohner Conservatory with Yasuo Watani. During her studies, she won first prize at the „World Harmonica Festival“ in Trossingen in 1997. In 1999 she completed her studies with distinction, after which she returned to Japan. There she began a busy concert career as a soloist and chamber musician, as well as a teacher of the harmonica. She has been living in Germany again since 2008.  

Conclusion: Hohner Conservatory Trossingen