In 1996 Ayumi moved to The Netherlands to continue to expand her recorder studies with Leo Meijlink and Heiko ter Schegget at the Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht and completed her solist course in 2000.
While studying in Utrecht, Ayumi also followed masterclasses of Peter van Heyghen, participated in several of the courses at the Academia de Musica de Antiga de Lisboa, was an exchange student at the Escola Sperior de Musica de Lisboa and studied with Pedro Couto Soares and Stephen Bull.
During her teaching studies, Ayumi came in contact with the Alexander Technique, and saw the possibilities for musicians and artists. After graduating as a solist recorder player, she followed the A.T. teachers course in the Netherlands and graduated in October 2004.

Since 2000, Ayumi has been teaching the recorder at the Music Department of the International School of Amsterdam. Next to recorder, she now also teaches the Alexander Technique.
Ayumi performs on a regular basis, together with Ensemble Deneb, Black Intention, as well as with other musicians, performance- and videoartists, dancers, both in The Netherlands and Japan.
Her most recent recording was released on CD in july 2006. This cd, "The Baroque Ensemble nr1-nr5" was written by Koji Asano, and was performed together with Ensemble Deneb.

More information: www.ayumi.demon.nl, genmatsuda@hotmail.com