Shota Nakano (piano)
Biography
Shota Nakano was born in 1984. He began studying the piano at the age of 5 with Hiroko Edo and Alexander Mndoyants. In 1996 he earned the First National Prize for elementary school students and the Nomura Prize in the Japan National Student Music Competition. During a concert at the Japanese Embassy in Washington his play was highly praised by Leonard Slatkin. In 1999 the young pianist participated in the 15th Tokyo Summer Festival where he proved excellent technical skills and a rich musical understanding for his age. The same year, he enrolled in the pre-college division of the Julliard School of Music. He has played with various orchestras, including NHK Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Yomiuri Symphony Orchestra, New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, Lehigh Valley Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra d'Archi Italiana and Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, under leading conductors such as Mstislav Rostropovich, Charles Dutoit, Matthias Bamert and Seiji Ozawa. In the United States he gives numerous recitals, orchestra and FM concerts.
At present, Shota Nakano is studying under Yoheved Kaplinsky at the Julliard Graduate School.
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