Piano
Born in: Düsseldorf, Germany/Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
2nd place, and Audience Award, Piano Section, The 21st Tokyo Music Competition 2023

Musical Study Experiences

March 2019 Graduated from Hyogo Prefectural Nishinomiya High School
April 2019 Enrolled in the piano course, the Department of Instrumental Music, the Faculty of Music at Tokyo University of the Arts
2023 Continues studying at the piano course, the Department of Instrumental Music, the Faculty of Music at Tokyo University of the Arts

Teachers

Previously, studied piano under FUKUO Ayako, IKEDA Sumiko, KATO Mayumi, KIMURA Ayako. Studied chamber music under ITOH Kei, WATANABE Kenji, NODAIRA Ichiro, SAITO Yosuke, SUZUKI Yoshitaka, KATO Hiroshi, and studied composition under HASEGAWA Kyoko.
Currently, studies piano under SAKAI Chiharu, KIKUCHI Yusuke, and Evgeny ZARAFIANTS.

Musical Careers

2017	6th Place, The 21st Hamamatsu International Piano Academy 1st Place, Nomura Prize, Iguchi Prize, Japan Broadcasting Corporation Award, and Japan Post Insurance Encouraging Award; Piano Category, High School Division, the 71st Student Music concours of Japan
2023	1st Place, The 3rd Tokyo University of the Arts Piano Competition 2nd Place and Audience Award, Piano Section, the 21st Tokyo Music Competition Top Place and Audience Award, the 33rd Ettore Pozzoli International Piano Competition, Italy

Further Activities

Since his recital debut at the age of 17, Shimata continues to hold recitals all over in Japan and has performed in Taiwan, Vienna, and Germany. He has also been performing as an accompanist and a chamber ensemble member, which has led him to be acclaimed for the unique presence of his piano sound, responding neatly to co-performers’ sounds simultaneously.
Up until now, he has taken courses at the Hamamatsu International Piano Academy, Académie de musique française de Kyoto, and the Ensemble Masterclass for Pianists held by Concert Hall Shizuoka AOI. He also performed in the students concert at each academy. As to chamber music, Shimata performed with renowned musicians such as the violinist URUSHIHARA Keiko, the cellist MUKOYAMA Kaeko, the koto (Japanese zither) players TAKITA Michiko and HONMA Takashi.
Currently, Shimata is the scholarship recipient of the Yamaha Music Foundation.

Repertoire

Shimata has been working on a wide range of music from Baroque to modern to contemporary. Especially, he is experienced in modern and contemporary works. He has constantly received reputations for French music those written by composers such as Ravel, Debussy, Dutille; and music written by Japanese composers such as MIYOSHI Akira. Also, these years, he has been challenging new works including those by Ligeti and the premiere performances for newly written pieces.
Regarding concertos, Shimata has previously performed those by Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Saint-Saëns, and Rachmaninoff, and he would like to work on other composers such as Liszt, Ravel, and Prokofiev in the future.

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