Piano
Born in: Tokyo Metropolis, Japan
2nd place, Piano Section, The 10th Tokyo Music Competition 2012

Musical Study Experiences

1995
Born in Tokyo, began learning piano from 4 years of age

2013
Took lessons from Nakamura Hiroko at the Hamamatsu International Piano Academy
Studied at the Courchevel International Music Academy in Kasama and won the Kasama Music Award
Studied at the Russian Piano School in Tokyo and performed in the selected student concert

2014
Graduated from the Music High School Attached to the Faculty of Music, Tokyo University of the Arts and enrolled in the Faculty of Music at Tokyo University of the Arts
Took lessons at the Kasama International Music Academy and won the Kasama Music Award
Took master classes at the Aloha International Piano Festival (Honolulu)
Took lessons at Music Alp International Music Academy (France) and performed in the selected student concert

2016
Took lessons at Klaus Hellwig International Academy in Fellbach, Germany

Previously took master classes from renowned musicians such as Jacques Rouvier, Klaus Hellwig, Michel Beroff, Pascal Devoyon, Michail Voskresensky, Ewa Poblocka, Yves Henry, Matti Raekallio, Jean-Claude Pennetier, Abdel Rahman El Bacha, Pascal Rogé, Rudolf Meister, and Kemal Gekić.
Currently 3rd-year student at the Faculty of Music at Tokyo University of the Arts as a Munetsugu Tokuji Special Scholarship Student

Teachers

Previously studied under Saito Emiko, Suda Mamiko and currently studies under Itoh Kei

Musical Careers

2011	Performed Poulenc's Piano Trio with the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra Members at the Ogikubo Music Festival Performed Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 with Saint-Automne Chamber Orchestra
2012	2nd Place, the 10th Tokyo Music Competition; performed Bartók’s Piano Concerto No. 3 with the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra led by Enkoji Masahiko Held solo recitals at the YAMAHA Ginza Concert Salon and the Nippon Foundation
2013	Silver Prize, Audience prize, and Oij Hall prize, Special Level, the 37th PTNA Piano Competition ; performed Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 with the Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra led by Watanabe Kazumasa Won the excellence prize in the Yasuko Fukuda Scholarship Audition; 1st Place and Audience Award, the 9th Romanian International Music Competition Performed in the Tokyo Bunka Kaikan Morning Concert, the Kawai Music Association 50th Foundation Anniversary Concert
2014	2nd Place and Iwatani Award (the audience award), the 83rd Music Competition of Japan; performed Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 with the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra led by Enkoji Masahiko Performed with Urushihara Asako (Vn) and Suzuki Hitoshi (Fg) at the Ogikubo Music Festival 1st Place for both Solo & Concerto Categories, the 9th Aloha International Piano Festival (Honolulu) Performed as a soloist in Honolulu Neal S. Blaisdell Center Concert 2014 the Yamaha Music Foundation Music Scholarship Student
2015	Performed Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in the Classical Concerts with Emerging Artists—New Year concert with the New Japan Philharmonic led by Totsuka Naohiro Appeared in the NHK Osaka Hall "Classic Daisuki (Love Classic)! The members of NHK Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo meet Emerging Musicians" Invited to Vienna and performed in a concert at the Franz Liszt Hall Performed in La Folle Journée au Japon Area Concert Solo recital in the 1st Cultural Exchange Concert of the Ogikubo Music Festival at the Suginami Koukaidou Held a solo recital at the Chopin Festival 2015 in Omotesando Performed in Tokyo University of the Arts Munetsugu Tokuji Special Scholarship Gala Concert (the Munetsugu Hall) Performed at the Dvořák Hall (Prague) for the International Music Festival "Young Prague"; also held a recital at the Polish Embassy in Prague Held a solo performance at the the Czech Embassy of Tokyo in the presence of the Japanese Empress The Ezoe Memorial Foundation 44th Scholarship Student Performed in the Ezoe Memorial Foundation Recruit Scholarship Concert (Kioi Hall)
2016	Performed Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 24 in Classical Concerts with Emerging Artists: Komorebi New Year Concert with the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra led by Iimori Norichika 2nd Place and honors as the youngest finalist, the 62nd International Music Competition Maria Canals Barcelona; performed Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 Campus winner of the Ariadne Musica Prize Performed in Tokyo University of The Arts & Korea National University of Arts Collaborative Concert (Seoul) Performed Schumann’s Piano Quintet in the 58th regular concert of the Music High School Attached to the Faculty of Music, Tokyo University of the Arts Performed in Tokyo University of the Arts Munetsugu Tokuji Special Scholarship Student Gala Concert (Munetsugu Hall) Performed in the Winner Recital Series for the 2014 Music Competition of Japan at the Kawai Omotesando Concert Salon "Pause" Performed Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3 in the Tokyo University of the Arts Morning Concert at the Sogakudo Concert Hall, with the Geidai Philharmonia Orchestra, Tokyo led by Umeda Toshiaki

Repertoire

Baroque to contemporary; currently drawn to Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt, and Rachmaninoff’s works.

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