Tokyo Music Competition
KUSAKA China
Piano
Born in: Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
3rd place, Piano Section, The 3rd Tokyo Music Competition 2005
Further Profiles
Completed studies at the Music High School attached to the Faculty of Music, Tokyo University of the Arts, then the Department of Instrumental Music of the Faculty of Music, Tokyo University of the Arts, and the Graduate School of Music at Tokyo University of the Arts.
1990 2nd Place, Middle School Category, Osaka Regional, the Student Music Concours of Japan
1997 Won the Mainichi Shimbun Award at the Kyoto Art Festival
1998 3rd Place and Messiaen Prize, the 14th Takahiro Sonoda Prize International Piano Competition
2001 Held debut recital hosted by the Japan Federation of Musicians; passed the ABC Newcomer Concert Audition; studied under Tominaga Tamiko, Kojima Kazue, Kobayashi Hitoshi, Klaus Schilde and Itoh Kei
2002 Received scholarship from the Rohm Music Foundation; went to Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln (Cologne University of Music) and studied under Pavel Gililov; won “Citta di Sulmona” International Piano Competition in Sulmona (Italy), Ennio Porrino International Piano Competition (Italy), Vanna Spadafora (Italy), the Chopin Competition in Cologne and other international competitions; also invited to perform at the Bonn Beethovenfest, Bechstein House Cologne Chamber Music Festival and a music festival in Meissen; graduated top of class in piano and chamber music from Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln (Cologne University of Music)
2004 Returned to Japan in summer, actively performing accompaniments, solos, chamber music and more
2005 3rd Place, the 3rd Tokyo Music Competition
2007 Won the Barock Saal Prize from the Aoyama Music Foundation
2009 Won the Accompanist Award at the Settsu Music Festival Little Camelia Concours; performed with the Kobe City Chamber Orchestra
2009-2012 accompaniment assistant at the String course of the Faculty of Music at Tokyo University of the Arts and currently part time lecturer at the Chamber Music course of the Faculty of Music at Tokyo University of the Arts and teacher at Kunitachi College of Music Junior & Senior High School