Kensei Yamaguchi - piano
Kensei Yamaguchi (1969)
Started playing piano at age five, he won the All Japan Student Music Competition, which allowed him to join the Toho gakuen School of Music in Tokyo, the most prestigious music school in Japan. Upon graduation he received a German National Scholarship to further pursue his studies at the University of Arts Berlin, under Professors Erich Andreas and Pascal Devoyon. He has participated in numerous international piano competitions. He is the winner of Third Prize in Porto International Piano Competition, Portugal (1998) First Prize at Senigallia International Piano Competition, Italy (1999), and of the prestigious First Prize at Monte Carlo Piano Masters, Monaco (2000). His numerous concert activities include solo performances with Orchstras (Das Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Orchestra del Teatro Olimpico di Vicenza, Filarmonica Marchigiana Italy, Monte Carlo Orchestre Philharmonique, Orchstra Nacional do Porto, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra, Tokyo Mozart Players und Tokyo Symphony Orchstra), in addition he has appeared in solo recitals and chamber music concerts in most European countries and Japan.