Kiyoko Hirai
- Tour guide
- Italian-English-Japaneese
I came to Florence for the first time when I was a college student. On that occasion, the group was led by Professor Miyashita, a student of art history who explained the importance of Florentine culture and introduced to the world of the restoration of the fine arts. When you visit Florence will lead you to the city with great pleasure.
Biography: A graduate in literature from the University of Kounan Jyoshi in Japan.
Once he moved to Italy and studied Italian. He obtained a Diploma of restorer of paintings with acknowledgment by Tuscany Region. She finished her degree in painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence, where I concluded for the two-year specialization course in painting and graphics. Later he took a tour guide license for Florence and the province, after studying art history, archeology and history of Florence etc.
From 2011 until 2013 he was secretary and interpreter for the Company of Fine Arts, Circle of Artists "House of Dante" in Florence, founded in 1842 as The association most ancient in Italy, was born to promote activities of fine arts and music.
The association as members-artists were enrolled Giovanni Fattori and also Pietro Annigoni in life and, today, are his students, Antonio Ciccone and Silvestro Pistolesi.
Since 2012, he served as event coordinator for the twinning between Florence and Kyoto. In 2013, I curated the exhibition of Japanese artists with exposure of Kimono, which belonged to the wife of the governor during the Renaissance Japanese, Concert in the same building and Concert of the winners and finalists of the contest of classical music in the Salone dei Cinquecento in Palazzo Vecchio, working with UNESCO Finally, I teach the Japanese language in Florence.