Keiichiro Ikebe

JAPAN
July 29, 1993

Keiichiro Ikebe is a Japanese pianist, born in Fukuoka, Japan in 1993. He has won prizes in numerous competitions, including the 4th prize at the 3rd Shigeru Kawai International Piano Competition in 2019, the 2017 Steinway Förderpreis Klassik in Munich, the 1st prize at the 2022 Gasteig Music Prize Competition. In 2021 he was selected as a semi-finalist in the 71st Viotti International Music Competition.
He is actively performing in solo and chamber music concerts in Germany and Japan, including a concert with the Kyushu Symphony Orchestra.
Keiichiro Ikebe received his Bachelor’s degree in piano performance from the Tokyo University of the Arts, and his Master’s degree and Meisterklasse from the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Munich.
He studied piano with Michael Schäfer, Akira Eguchi, Michiko Ohno, Yukio Yokoyama, Maki Yasumura, Kaoru Takahashi and chamber music with Silke Avenhaus, Yuya Tsuda, Shohei Uwamori.

First round
Johann Sebastian Bach Prelude and Fugue No. 22 B flat minor BWV 867, WTC I
Joseph Haydn Piano Sonata in G major Hob. XVI/39
Frédéric Chopin Étude in G flat major Op. 10 No. 5, Black Keys
Alexander Scriabin Étude in C sharp minor Op. 42 No. 5

Second round
Diana Rotaru Bulz for Piano
Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major Op. 28
Alexander Scriabin Piano Sonata No. 5 Op. 53

Semifinal
George Enescu Piano Suite No. 2 in D major Op. 10, Des cloches sonores
Franz Liszt Piano Sonata in B minor S. 178

Final
Sergei Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor Op. 18

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