Kazuko Tatsumura,
Gaia Holistic Health, USA
Biography
Kazuko Tatsumura has completed her graduation from Toho Academy of Music in Tokyo, as a Pianist and Composer. She has invited by the Boston Symphony orchestra. She came to the USA in 1961 as one of the first Japanese women. She then received Master of Art from New York University and fi nished her PhD credits in Philosophy in 1965 and another PhD and OMD from the International Academy of Education in Tokyo in 2000. In 1967, she has turned to an independent career and became the top International Classical and Cultural Impresario/producer. Until 1992, she has conducted an average of 2,000 cultural events per year travelling to more than 140 countries. She was presented with numerous honors for her work from different countries, many for humanitarian causes. She has studied Oriental Traditional Medicine of Japan, Korea, Taiwan and China. She established the Oki-Do Holistic Health Center in 1994 in NY and in 2001 the GAIA Holistic Center (501C3 nonprofi t organization) at the wake of 9/11 tragedy, for body mind and spirit, aiming for the noninvasive natural healing methods based on the wisdom of the East. She has written numerous articles and several books. She is well known as a Philanthropist.