Ryota Yamazaki

Japan

Ryota

Born on 17 November 1998, he is a student of Fabio Bidini at the Colburn Conservatory of Music in Los Angeles, having previously studied with Yuko Ninomiya at Tōhō Gakuen School of Music. He has won first prize in numerous competitions, including the Ke’Alohi in Honolulu (2022), the Thomas and Evon Cooper in Oberlin (2016), the PTNA in Tokyo (2014), the Yasuko Fukuda Scholarship Audition and the Gina Bachauer in Salt Lake City (2012). He also won third prize and the jury prize in the Busoni Competition in Bolzano (2023). He has performed with the Cleveland Orchestra, Haydn Orchestra of Bolzano and Trento, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra, Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra and Hawaii Symphony Orchestra.

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