Riko Imai
Japan
Born on 5 July 2001, she first studied at the Tokyo University of the Arts under Akira Eguchi. She is currently a student of Anna Malikova at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. She has won prizes in several piano competitions: 2nd prize in the Chopin Piano Competition in Japan (2024), 2nd prize at the International Music Competition in Osaka (2019), 3rd prize in the 13th International Rosario Marciano Piano Competition (2024), the gold medal at the Asian International Chopin Piano Competition (2018) and a special prize at the Hamamatsu International Piano Academy (2017). In 2024, she received the Yamaha Music Foundation Scholarship. In 2021, she participated in the 18th Fryderyk Chopin International Piano Competition in Warsaw.
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