Piano
Born in: Tokyo Metropolis, Japan
1st place, and Audience Award, Piano Section, The 9th Tokyo Music Competition 2011

Musical Study Experiences

1994 Born in Tokyo and began learning piano from 6 years of age
2010 Took lessons at the 6th Courchevel International Music Academy in Kasama and won the Kasama Music Award
2012 Participated in the 1st International Mendelssohn-Academy Leipzig (Germany) as a Mendelssohn Scholarship student
2013 Took lessons at the 9th Courchevel International Music Academy in Kasama and won the Kasama Music Award; graduated top of class from Toho Gakuen Music High School
2014 Took master classes of Philippe Cassardat at La Folle Journée au Japon 2014, and of Eliso Virsaladze at the 35th Kirishima International Music Festival 2014
2015 Studies abroad in Berlin, Germany since autumn
2016 Student at Berlin University of the Arts from April

Teachers

Currently studies at the Berlin University of the Arts under Pascal Devoyon.
Studied under Okamoto Michiko as a special scholarship recipient in the soloist diploma course at Toho Gakuen College Music Department.
Also previously studied under Jacques Rouvier, Michel Dalberto, Michel Béroff, Éric Heidsieck, Michail Voskresensky, Michael Krist, Choong-Mo Kang, Philippe Cassard, Eliso Virsaladze, and Andrei Pisarev.
Studied chamber music under Tsutsumi Tsuyoshi, Tokunaga Tsugio, Fujiwara Hamao, and Mikami Katsurako

Musical Careers

2009	Excellence Award, the 24th Asia International Culture Art Festival 1st Place, Middle School Category, Tokyo Regional, the 63rd Student Music concours of Japan 1st Place and the Yokohama Citizen Prize (Audience Prize), Middle School Category, National, the 63rd Student Music concours of Japan
2010	At the Courchevel International Music Academy in Kasama won the Kasama Music Award Graduated from Toho Gakuen Music High School and enrolled in Toho Gakuen School of Music with scholarship
2011	1st Place and Audience Award, Piano Section, the 9th Tokyo Music Competition; performed Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor" with the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, led by Umeda Toshiaki at the final round
2012	At the 9th Tokyo Music Competition Winners Concert was led by Enkoji Masahiko with the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra playing Prokofiev’s Concerto No. 3 Held solo recital at YAMAHA Ginza Concert Salon Performed in Tokyo Bunka Kaikan Morning Concert Performed in the 23rd Takefu International Music Festival 2012 Performed Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor" with the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra led by Kobayashi Ken-ichiro Performed Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor" with the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra led by Otomo Naoto
2013	Performed at the Chopin Festival 2013 in Omotesando 1st Place, the 4th Toho Piano Competition Performed Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 with the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra led by Chung Min Performed in the 3rd Toho Piano Gala Concert
2014	Performed Tchaikovsky’s Concerto No. 1 with the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra led by Watanabe Kazumasa 1st Place, Nomura Prize, Iguchi Prize, and Kawai Prize, Piano Category, the 83rd Music Competition of Japan—at the final, performed Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 with the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra led by Enkoji Masahiko Performed Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra led by Umeda Toshiaki
2015	Performed Schumann’s Piano Quintet with Hori Masafumi (Solo Concert Master of the NHK Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo), Sasaki Ryo (Principal viola of the NHK Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo), Miyasaka Hiroshi (cellist of the NHK Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo) Performed Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra led by Watanabe Kazumasa, and with the Central Aichi Symphony Orchestra led by Matsuo Yoko Performed Schumann’s Piano Concerto with the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra led by Otomo Naoto Performed Beethoven’s Triple Concerto with the Yamagata Symphony Orchestra led by Mogi Daisuke Performed in Tokyo, Fukushima, Kagoshima, Nagoya, and Kitakyushu for the 83rd Music Competition of Japan Winners Concert Performed Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 with the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra led by Kobayashi Ken-ichiro

Further Activities

2012･2013 Recipient of the Rohm Music Foundation Scholarship
2016 Recipient of the Ezoe Memorial Foundation Scholarship

Repertoire

Baroque to contemporary. Currently I am focusing on German and Russian music.

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