Tokyo Music Competition
SUMINO Mirai
Piano
Born in: Chiba Prefecture, Japan
3rd place, Piano Section, The 21st Tokyo Music Competition 2023
Musical Study Experiences
March 2017 Graduated from the Music High School attached to the Faculty of Music, Tokyo University of the Arts
March 2021 Graduated from the piano course, the Department of Instrumental Music, the Faculty of Music at Tokyo University of the Arts
2023 Master’s student majoring in piano at the Graduate School of Music at Tokyo University of the Arts
Teachers
Previously, studied under KANEKO Katsuko, YOSHIDA Tomoaki, and ARIMORI Hiroshi.
Musical Careers
| 2016 | Gold Prize, Concerto C Category, the 17th International Chopin Piano Competition in Asia |
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| 2017 | Bronze Prize, Professional Category, the 19th International Chopin Piano Competition in Asia |
| 2019 | Won Geidai Klavier Prize and performed with the Geidai Philharmonia Orchestra, Tokyo while studying at Tokyo University of the Arts. |
| 2020 | Aoyama Music Foundation Scholarship Recipient |
| 2021 | Won Acanthus Music Prize, Geidai Klavier Prize, and Doseikai Prize when graduating from Tokyo University of the Arts. |
| 2022 | Finalist, Piano Section, the 20th Tokyo Music Competition |
| 2023 | 3rd Place, Piano Section, the 21st Tokyo Music Competition |
Further Activities
Sumino has performed with the Chiba Symphony Orchestra, the Chiba Prefecture Youth Orchestra, the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, as well as having performed in concerts held at major concert venues including the Carnegie Hall in New York City and the Orchard Hall at Bunkamura in Tokyo. She has been performing various genres of music in a wide range of styles from solo recitals to ensembles.
Repertoire
Sumino is studying works in a wide range of genres with the most focus on French music, and she is particularly attached to Ravel, Debussy, and Chopin. Her repertoire covers music performed in various forms, as she has been actively working on ensemble music in addition to solo works.
Sumino’s concerto repertoire includes the following.
CHOPIN: Piano Concertos No.1 and No.2
SCHUMANN: Piano Concerto
GRIEG: Piano Concerto
RACHMANINOFF:
Piano Concertos No.1 and No.3
Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini
PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No.3
RAVEL: Piano Concerto in G major
GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue