Year of birth: 1992
Place of birth: Akita
Educated in: Imola
Place of residence: Saitama
(Plays in Tokyo)
Watch Shotaro Nishimura performance.
F. Liszt - Fantasia and Fugue on the Theme BACH S. 529 F. Chopin - Étude op. 10, no. 1 S. Rachmaninov - Études-Tableaux op. 39, no. 5
Shotaro Nishimura began to study piano at the age of seven.He has graduated of the Tokyo University of the Arts in Japan and the Imola Piano Academy in Italy. He has studied with Prof. Nobuhito Nakai, Katsumi Ueda and Leonid Margarius.He has won prizes and awards at various competitions, such as the 56th Arcangelo Speranza International Piano Competition (third prize, audience prize), the 7th International piano competition "Ischia" (first prize) and the 7th Euregio piano award (second prize).Also he has performed with major Orchestra as soloist, such as the Morocco Philharmonic Orchestra, the Malaga Provincial Symphonic Orchestra and the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra. He has performed at concerts and music festivals in Italy, France, Germany, Austria, Japan and Spain.
Due to health reasons the candidates Shotaro Nishimura and Zixi Chen could not participate in the GPP 2022. They received the possibility to participate in this edition.
Candidates who withdrew from the competition:
Bily Robert
Deng Yubo
Durliat Gabriel
Guo Yungyung
Han Wenfang
Lee Shinyoung
Martinelli Riccardo
Park Chaeyoung
Thomazinho Lucas
Wang Jiapeng