Born in Tokyo (Japan), Azumi Nishizawa is currently considered one of the finest Japanese pianists. She studied with Michiko Okamoto and Ikuyo Kamiya at the Toho Gakuen Conservatory of Music in Tokyo, and with the famous French pianist Dominique Merlet in Geneva. She began her solo career in 2002, performing in France, Italy, Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, Japan and China. 

In addition to several Japanese tours, she is a regular guest at a number of international music festivals including the Société des Artes in Geneva (Switzerland), the International Chopin Festival en Paris (France), the Kyoto Music Festival (Japan), the Spring Music Festival in Vicenza (Italy), Encuentro Manuel de Falla in Granada (Spain), Jaén Music Festival (Spain), and Úbeda International Music and Dance Festival (Jaén, Spain). 

She is also interested in chamber music and has toured with the Suisse-Romande Wind Quintet and given numerous memorable concerts in the most important European capital cities with the Japanese saxophonist Nobuya Sugawa. With Yamaha, she has presented concerts and master classes in Spain and Portugal since 2006.

She also participated in the film “Fukumimi” (2003) by the Japanese director Chisui Takigawa and since 2004 has been an Honorary Guest Lecturer at Shanghai Normal University in China. 

In spring 2010 she released the "Complete Piano Works of Manuel de Falla" with the support of the composer’s family and the prestigious musicologist Antonio Gallego, which Japanese music critics rated one of the best CDs of the year.

In May 2012 she performed at the Úbeda International Festival, while earning impressive reviews for her recent CD "Falla: Complete Piano Transcriptions". These two recordings constitute reference points in the performance of Spanish music.