Ryoko Morooka was born in Fukuoka, Japan. After studying Chinese history at the Kyoto University she moved to Germany to study organ and church music at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Hanover. Alongside her work as an organist at the St Pauls and Nazareth churches in Hanover, she also teaches at the Musikhochschule.
Morooka regularly appears as a concert organist in Europe and Japan, where she appeared as the soloist in Poulenc’s Organ Concerto at the Takaoka music festival. Since 1995 she has been a member of the Baroque Brass of London, with whom she has undertaken several tours. She is much in demand as a harmonium specialist, and has collaborated with ensembles including the Jewish Chamber Orchestra Munich, Linos Ensemble, Polish Chamber Choir and RIAS Kammerchor Berlin.
Little Sister of the Organ – Ryoko Morooka and Harmonium was recently broadcast by Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (rbb).