Kimiko Ishizaka is an award winning pianist living in Cologne, Germany. In 2011 she began a project to create a new recording of Bach's Goldberg Variations, and to give this recording to the world for free with no restrictions. In a team with MuseScore.com, she raised money using Kickster to fund the recording. In January 2012, she'll be headed to the Teldex Studio in Berlin to spend 5 days playing Bach on a Bösendorfer 290 Imperial. The recording will be released in the first half of 2012.

In the Fall of 2012, Kimiko Ishizaka will be going on tour playing the entire first volume of Bach's Well Tempered Clavier. Concerts have so far been booked in Ann Arbor, MI, New York, NY, and Rockport, MA.