Chihiro Gordon was born in Shizuoka, Japan. She studied solo piano at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna under Prof. Jürg von Vintschger, where she earned her Master’s of Arts in 2001. Her further studies were with Prof. Norman Shetler and Sally Sargent.

She has concertized in Japan playing a solo program including works by Prokofiev, Bach, Beethoven and Schumann and appeared as a soloist playing Schumann’s piano concerto with the Hamamatsu Philharmonic Orchestra. She has concertized further in Austria and Japan in numerous concert halls and works additionally with singers as a vocal coach and art song accompanist.