Nari Matsuura founded, developed and leads Massarsky Consulting’s valuation practice, which conducts the music valuations of most the industry’s funds, including Hipgnosis, Primary Wave, Reservoir Media, Round Hill Music, Shamrock Capital Advisors, Spirit Music Group, etc. The firm has also conducted the valuations of numerous notable music publishers, record companies, artist and songwriter catalogs. In aggregate, she has overseen the valuation of over $4B in unique asset valuations in the past year alone. In addition, since joining the firm in 2001 she has been a consultant to a number of music companies including Universal Music Publishing, Sony/ATV, Warner Chappell, the RIAA, among many others. Ms. Matsuura holds an MBA from Cornell University, as well as a Master's and Bachelor's degree of Music from The Juilliard School. Before pursuing her MBA, she was a concert pianist, recognized for her performances in major venues in North America and Asia.