Tomoki Kitamura
Piano
Born in Aichi (Japan) and based in Berlin, Tomoki Kitamura’s solo career was launched suddenly when he won 1st prize and the Grand Jury Prize at the prestigious Tokyo Music Competition, soon to be followed by prizes at international piano competitions including Hamamatsu, Sydney, Leeds, and Beethoven Competition (Bonn).
Appearing regularly
in the major concert halls in Europe and Japan, he is a multifaceted artist much
sought after for the poetic expressivity of his interpretations, and his
meticulously conceived recital programs on piano and fortepiano, and has
performed a vast collection of concertos with orchestras including the NHK,
Sydney, Tokyo Symphony Orchestras, Osaka Philharmonic (indeed most orchestras
throughout Japan), Beethoven Orchestra Bonn, the Staatsphilharmonie
Kaiserslautern, The Halle Orchestra (UK), under such conductors as Kirill
Karabits, Sir Mark Elder, Alexander Liebreich, Charles Dutoit and Eiji Oui. He
is also a highly respected chamber musician.
Many of his recent activities and interpretations also centre around contemporary music, while drawing inspiration from his interest in historical performance practice. His performances of the works by Cage, Holliger, Nono, Takemitsu, Hosokawa, among others, have met with great acclaim, and a special recital programme he curated in 2022, exploring the piano music of Japanese composers from the 1950s and ‘70s, was awarded the Keizo Saji Prize - the most authoritative music prize of this genre in Japan.
His five solo-albums to date, with repertoire spanning classical to contemporary CDs (including works by Beethoven, Schumann, Liszt, Brahms, Berg, Bartók, Cage, Grieg), all received excellent reviews and accolades.
Kitamura studied piano with Prof. Kei Itoh, Prof. Ewa Pobłocka, and Prof. Rainer Becker. After receiving his Diplom with the Distinction from Universität der Künste Berlin in 2017, he continued his research focusing on historical interpretation practice with Prof. Jesper Christensen at Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt am Main.
Many of his recent activities and interpretations also centre around contemporary music, while drawing inspiration from his interest in historical performance practice. His performances of the works by Cage, Holliger, Nono, Takemitsu, Hosokawa, among others, have met with great acclaim, and a special recital programme he curated in 2022, exploring the piano music of Japanese composers from the 1950s and ‘70s, was awarded the Keizo Saji Prize - the most authoritative music prize of this genre in Japan.
His five solo-albums to date, with repertoire spanning classical to contemporary CDs (including works by Beethoven, Schumann, Liszt, Brahms, Berg, Bartók, Cage, Grieg), all received excellent reviews and accolades.
Kitamura studied piano with Prof. Kei Itoh, Prof. Ewa Pobłocka, and Prof. Rainer Becker. After receiving his Diplom with the Distinction from Universität der Künste Berlin in 2017, he continued his research focusing on historical interpretation practice with Prof. Jesper Christensen at Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt am Main.
