HIRAMA Kyoshiro (Japan)

Urodzony 1998 r. w Japonii. Naukę gry na fortepianie rozpoczął w wieku 4 lat, którą kontynuował pod okiem Claudio José Lisboa Soares oraz Makoto Ueno. W wieku 10 lat po raz pierwszy wystąpił z orkiestrą a 3 lata później zagrał pierwszy recital solo. Mając 18 lat wyprowadził się do Stanów Zjednoczonych. Studiował fortepian w the International Center for Music at Park University w Parkville w klasie Stanislav Ioudenitch. Jesienią 2023 r. rozpoczął studia w Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln u Severina von Eckardsteina. Hirama koncertował w Japonii, Stanach Zjednoczonych, Brazylii, Uzbekistanie i Portugalii. Wziął udział w CHANEL Pygmalion Days w CHANEL NEXUS HALL w Tokio w Japonii. Współpracował także z Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra, Sao Paulo Youth Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra of Uzbekistan i innymi. Hirama jest laureatem wielu nagród, m.in. V Nagrody na Sendai International Music Competition, miejsc w półfinale w Ferrol International Piano Competition oraz Istanbul International Piano Competition Orchestra’ Sion, Złotych Medali na PTNA Piano Competition w trzech kategoriach wiekowych, a także II Nagrody i Nagrodę Publiczności na Public Award at Student Music Competition w Japonii. Jego liczne nagrody i stypendia obejmują: stypendia Yamaha Music Scholarship w latach 2017–2019, stypendium Kansas City Musical Club Scholarship w 2022 i 2023 r., stypendium Sigma Alpha Iota w 2022 r., nagrody gubernatora Osaki oraz nagrody za zasługi dla miasta Neyagawa.

Born in 1998, in Osaka, Japan. He began his piano studies at age 4 and continued piano studies with Claudio José Lisboa Soares and Makoto Ueno. At the age of 10, he performed with an orchestra for the first time and three years later he played his first solo recital. At the age of 18, he moved to the United States to studying piano at the International Center for Music at Park University in Parkville with Stanislav Ioudenitch. In the autumn of 2023, he began his studies at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln with Severin von Eckardstein. Hirama has toured Japan, the United States, Brazil, Uzbekistan and Portugal. His most prestigious concerts were CHANEL Pygmalion Days, which is a concert series presenting artists selected annually to perform five concerts in a year at CHANEL NEXUS HALL in Tokyo, Japan. He has also collaborated with Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra, Sao Paulo Youth Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra of Uzbekistan and so on. Hirama has received a lot of competition prizes, including 5th prize at Sendai International Music Competition, semi-final placings at Ferrol International Piano Competition and Istanbul International Piano Competition Orchestra’ Sion, Gold Medals at PTNA piano competition in three age categories, as well as 2nd prize and Public Award at Student Music Competition of Japan. His numerous awards and scholarships include Yamaha Music Scholarships in 2017-2019, Kansas City Musical Club Scholarship in 2022 and 2023, Sigma Alpha Iota Scholarship in 2022, Osaka Governor Awards and the Neyagawa-city Meritorious Service Awards.

5th International Baltic Piano Competition in Gdańsk