Keina Sato(piano)

Born in 1983, Ms. Sato became the Grand Prize Winner in the 32nd Annual PTNA Piano Competition. Other remarkable prizes include the 2nd Prize in the 4th Kazusa Academia Music Competition (2003), laureate in the 73rd Music Competition of Japan (2004), Silver Prize in the 2nd Tokyo Art Center Memorial Piano Competition, 3rd Prize and Mozart Prize in the Amadeus Prize Piano Competition for Young Artists held in Germany (2007). In 2008, Ms. Sato won the Grand Prize in the Superior Grade of PTNA(Piano Teachers National Association) Piano Competition in Japan, also receiving the Minister of Culture Prize, Tokyo City Philharmonic Prize, Mikimoto Prize, Oji Prize, Shotoku University Kawanami Prize, and the Yomiuri Shimbun Prize. After graduating from Tokyo College of Music High School, Ms. Sato got her Bachelor's Degree in Artist Performance from Tokyo College of Music in 2006. Furthermore, after graduating from Hannover University for Music and Drama, Artistic Training in Performance in 2008, she continues her studies in the diploma degree, Solo Concert Performance at Hannover University. She has studied with Ichiro Kato, Kyoko Kato, Emiko Harimoto, Hitoko Kurasawa. Currently she is studying under Matti Raekallio.