Shigemori, Kotaro

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Last updated:April 26, 2023
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Born in 2000, began playing the piano at age 6. In November 2022, awarded 4th prize in the piano section of the Long-Thibaud International Competition. Other achievements include:
- 2017: Youngest finalist and Encouragement Award at the 1st Shigeru Kawai International Piano Competition.
- 2018: Silver Prize in the Professional Division at the 19th Chopin International Piano Competition in Asia.
- Excellence Award at the 11th Music Academy in Miyazaki.
- 2019: 1st prize at the 9th Kakako Yasukawa Memorial Competition, along with the Kakako Yasukawa Music Award and Yamanaka Award, among numerous other top prizes in various competitions.
To date, has appeared in numerous solo concerts, the Miyazaki International Music Festival, the Kaze to Midori no Gakuto Music Festival, and various media, as well as performing with orchestras such as the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa, Central Aichi Symphony Orchestra, and Orchestre de la Garde Républicaine de Paris.
In recent years, has also been actively involved in accompaniment and chamber music.
Graduated from the Music Department of Toho Gakuen High School (co-educational) and Toho Gakuen College of Music. Currently enrolled as a scholarship student in the Soloist Diploma Course at Toho Gakuen College of Music. Furthermore, plans to study abroad in Paris, France, from autumn 2023.
Has studied piano under Masako Tsujii, Keiko Mikami, and Michiko Okamoto.