Shiori Kuwahara - Shiori Kuwahara - Japan CD

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Shiori Kuwahara

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First Japanese ever to win second prize at the Rubinstein International Piano Competition! Her overwhelming performance captivated the world! Long-awaited debut disc The long-awaited first CD by Shiori Kuwahara! Moreover, it is a live recording of the historic performance at the Suginami Public Hall in the fall of 2024! We will travel through an infinite musical universe with her playing of Brahms, Schubert, and Liszt, and be enveloped by fertile colors, sweet emotions, and dramatic uplifting sensations. Her performances are always filled with the fire of musical truth and cannot help but stir the souls of those who hear them. [Nobuko Fujimaki] Shiori Kuwahara (Piano) Born in Tokyo, Kuwahara won the 2nd prize at the 16th Artur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition in 2021, the highest prize ever awarded to a Japanese. In 2019, she also won the second prize at the 62nd Busoni International Piano Competition, the highest Japanese prize ever, as well as the Best Performance of Busoni's works. He has been honored at many major international competitions, including the 62nd Maria Canals Barcelona International Music Competition and the 68th Viotti International Music Competition, where he won the 2nd Prize. After graduating from the Music High School attached to the Faculty of Music of Tokyo University of the Arts, she entered Tokyo University of the Arts as a first-year student of Tokuji Munetsugu's special scholarship. In her first year, she won the second prize and the Iwatani Prize (audience prize) at the Japan Music Competition, and graduated first in her major in piano from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music in 2018. Upon graduation, she received the Ataka Prize, Acanthus Music Prize, Norio Ohga Prize, Doseikai Prize, Mitsubishi Estate Prize, and Ikuo Hirayama Cultural Art Prize. In April of the same year, he began studying at the Graduate School of the Berlin University of the Arts. She completed the Soloist Master and National Performer Certificate Program with the highest honors. Studied under Klaus Hellwig. Since 2024, he has been a student at the International Piano Academy at Lake Como. She has been a soloist at the 76th Dusiniki International Chopin Festival, the 39th International Piano Concert in Yokohama, and Rudolfinum, as well as in Germany, Italy, Israel, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria, USA, Korea, and other countries, where she has received high acclaim as a recitalist and soloist. She has also given recitals in prominent halls in Japan. She has also given recitals in prominent concert halls in Japan.Under the direction of Alexander Lazarev, Ian Shue, Pawel Psitocki, Kenichiro Kobayashi, Norichika Iimori, Riki Iwamura, Toshiaki Umeda, Takeshi Oi, Ken Takaseki, Naohiro Tosoku, Yukio Fujioka, and others, he has performed with the Japan Philharmonic, New Japan Philharmonic, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo Philharmonic, Tokyo City Philharmonic, University of the Arts, North Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Teplice Philharmonic Orchestra, Camerata Jerusalem, and others. He has performed with the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, New Japan Philharmonic, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra, Tokyo University Philharmonic Orchestra, Camerata Jerusalem, Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, etc. He has been frequently featured in NHK-FM's "Recital Nova" and various media including music magazines "Ongaku no Tomo", "Chopin", and "Piano". Camerata Tokyo