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Kenichiro Kojima was born 1991 in Tokyo and has won a number of national and international competitions. These include the 3rd Prize at the Pianale Piano Academy and the 3rd prize at the Elise-Meyer Competition. He was a semifinalist at the Sendai International Music Competition 2013 and the recipient of the Audience Prize. 2015 saw a personal crisis, when Kenichiro Kojima was diagnosed with focal dystonia and lost the function of his right hand. He demonstrated not only exceptional musicianship, but this enormous challenge brought out his extraordinary resourcefulness and his determined, dedicated spirit. He worked on repertoire for the left hand alone, some of which he had artfully arranged himself. Despite a set-back which might have wholly disheartened most pianists, Kenichiro Kojima has remained active and competed with the repertoire for the left hand alone successfully in several competitions, earning him the 1st Prize at the ICoM Piano Award 2017 in Hamburg (Germany), the 3rd Prize at the Vigo International Piano Competition 2018 (Spain) and the 1st Prize with two special Prizes at the Livorno International Piano Competition 2019, among others. He has performed as a guest artist at important festivals and concert venues throughout Europe and Japan, including the,,Hamburger Klang Werk‘‘ in Germany, International Music Festival „Puplinge Classique“ and ,,Les Renconters Musicales de Champery‘‘ in Switzerland, the ,,Laieszhalle (Musikhalle Hamburg) and the ,,Kampnagel’’ in Hamburg, the ,,Gasteig‘‘ in Munich, the ,,Duke’s Hall‘‘ of the Royal Academy of Music London, the ,,Palau de la Musica‘‘ in Barcelona, the ,,Suntory Hall‘‘ and ,,Opera City‘‘ in Tokyo, among others. He has appeared as a soloist with the Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra under Pascal Verrot, the Seto Philharmonic Orchestra under Kazuhumi Yamashita, the Tokyo International Association of Artists Orchestra under Yukio Kusakawa, the Ensemble Volumia Consort, the Orchestre des Jeunes de la Suisse Romande and the Orchestra Filharmonica Mihail Jara di Bacau under Ovidiu Bala. Between 2014-2018 he undertook a postgraduate course with Eliso Virsaladze at the Scuola di Musica di Fiesole. Having graduated from Fiesole, he is now studying at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg with Stepan Simonian.

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