Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mayumi Kameda


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The result was keep. Liz Read! Talk! 23:37, 13 May 2022 (UTC)

Mayumi Kameda

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Does not seem to be notable due to lack of good sources. Ascendingrisingharmonising (talk) 19:07, 29 April 2022 (UTC) Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗  plicit  23:44, 6 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. Ascendingrisingharmonising (talk) 19:07, 29 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Women and Japan.  Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 07:51, 30 April 2022 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Comment: I searched for her name in kanji on the Japanese web and a couple of items popped up, including a very fine recital from 1998, but no coverage from notable sources. It did appear, however, that she may have contributed occasionally to Chopin, a notable Japanese piano magazine. Her married name turns up few more things, including this Swiss article. —CurryTime7-24 (talk) 06:10, 7 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep. The Cleveland International Piano Competition, in which she came 2nd in 1983, is a fairly well known international competition, which I think would meet "Has won first, second or third place in a major music competition" from WP:MUSICBIO, and is sourced independently. I can't access the article linked above; what is the married name? Espresso Addict (talk) 02:17, 9 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Her married name is Mayumi Kameda-Balet. She married her duo partner. —CurryTime7-24 (talk) 02:26, 9 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Looks like she spent much of her career in Switzerland, where she taught at the Conservatoire de Musique de Genève (presumably now retired); notable students include Mélodie Zhao (mentioned in Zhao's article). She was on the pre-selection jury of the Geneva International Competition Piano & Flute in 2014 and on the jury of the Épinal International Piano Competition (which she won in 1981) in 2021, with a decent bio:, which states she performed as a soloist with several orchestras, as well as touring internationally in the duo with Balet. Another bio  with lots more details. BNF entry  gives year and place of birth. WorldCat lists several recordings mainly in the 1990s:
 * All the sources I'm seeing for the married name are in French; the Japanese/French language barrier may be working against us; also her major career looks to have been in the 1980s/90s, ie pre-internet. Espresso Addict (talk) 03:02, 9 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Review of concert in Singapore published in The Straits Times on 23 August 2012 (courtesy link: ), apparently Singapore premiere of the four-handed version of the Rite of Spring. Espresso Addict (talk) 03:56, 9 May 2022 (UTC)


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 * Keep per Espresso Addict. —CurryTime7-24 (talk) 08:01, 9 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep per Espresso Addict. --hroest 20:22, 9 May 2022 (UTC)


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