Daiki Kato

• 2009: Showa University of Music, Bachelor’s degree with Fumiko Eguchi
• 2007: Showa Academia Musicae (Piano Art Academy) with Fumiko Eguchi

PRIZES AND AWARDS
• 2010: China International
Piano Competition, semi-finalist
• 2009: Tokyo Music Competition, 1st Prize and Audience Prize
• 2009: Chopin International
Competition in Asia, concerto category, Silver Medal

Daiki Kato has given numerous solo concerts and has been invited to perform in concerts held throughout Japan, in the United Kingdom and in Germany. He has appeared as a guest soloist with professional orchestras such as the Tokyo New City Orchestra, the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra and the Central Aichi Symphony. His concert engagements this year have included performances with the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra and the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra.

QUARTER FINALS
CLAUDE DEBUSSY * Étude « Pour les cinq doigts » (Book I, No. 1)
FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN * Étude in C-sharp minor, Op. 10, no 4
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART * Fantaisie in C minor, K. 475
FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN * Nocturne in B major, Op. 9, no 3
BÉLA BARTÓK * Sonata, Sz. 80
DAVID L. McINTYRE * A Wild Innocence

SEMI-FINALS
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN * Sonate no 6 in F major, opus 10, no 2
FÉLIX MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY * Allegro leggiero in F-sharp major, No. 2 from Songs without Words, Op. 67
FÉLIX MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY * Variations sérieuses in D minor, opus 54
SERGUEÏ PROKOFIEV * Sonate no 7 in B-flat major, opus 83

FINALE * FINALS
SERGUEÏ PROKOFIEV * Concerto no 3 in C major, opus 26