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Kaito Kobayashi

Japan

Kaito

Born on 13 October 1995, he studied at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel in Belgium under Maria João Pires and at the City of Basel Music Academy with Claudio Martínez Mehner. He was awarded 2nd prize and the Yaltah Menuhin Award for the best chamber music performance at the Leeds International Piano Competition in 2021. In 2024, he secured 3rd prize at the Hamamatsu International Piano Competition (2024). Earlier in his career, he won 1st prize and the Haydn Prize at the Ettlingen International Piano Competition for Young Pianists in 2010 and 3rd prize at the Santa Cecilia International Competition in 2018. He has performed with orchestras including the National Orchestra of Belgium, Liège Royal Philharmonic, Gulbenkian Orchestra, Sinfonieorchester Basel, and the NHK Symphony Orchestra.

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