Shiori Kuwahara
Japan
Born on 11 October 1995. She graduated with the highest distinction from the University of the Arts in Tokyo (GEIDAI) and in Berlin (UdK), where she completed her Master’s studies with Klaus Hellwig. In 2022 she received the Steinway Prize in Berlin. She has been runner-up in international piano competitions, including the Maria Canals in Barcelona (2016), the Gian Battista Viotti in Vercelli, Italy (2017), the Ferruccio Busoni in Bolzano (2019), and the Artur Rubinstein in Tel Aviv (2021). In 2025 she became a laureate of the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels. She has performed in many European countries, including Poland (Chopin Festival in Duszniki-Zdrój), Czechia (Dvořák Hall of Prague’s Rudolfinum), Austria, Germany, Israel, Serbia and Italy, as well as in Japan, Korea and the US.
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