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Yuri Yamamoto

Year of birth: 2000
Place of birth: Tokyo
Educated in: Tokyo
Place of residence: Tokyo
(Plays in Tokyo)

November 2024 Preselections

Watch Yuri Yamamoto performance.

Program

K. Szymanowski - Études Op. 4, No. 1 F. Chopin - Étude op. 10 no. 10 S. Rachmaninov - Études-Tableaux Op. 39, No. 1 E. Granados - Goyescas, Book 1: No. 1 "Los requiebros"  

Biography

Yuri started playing the piano at the age of 6 and is currently studying piano at the Tokyo University of the Arts with Hiroshi Arimori. He has won a number of prizes including the Most Promising Artist Prize of the 20th Hamamatsu International Piano Academy in 2016, the 2nd Prize in the “Recital Section” of the 17th Osaka International Music Competition in 2016. He has also won the Gold Prize in the Senior High School Category, the Silver Prize in the Concerto C Category, and the Bronze Prize in the Professional Category in International Chopin Piano Competition in Asia. He has performed piano concertos with Danube Symphony Orchestra conducted by András Deák, and with the Geidai Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Kazufumi Yamashita.