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on ''lccn.loc.gov'' (accessdate=13 December 2018) is a Japanese classical pianist.

Life

Born in

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, Hirose started playing the piano at the age of three. When she was 6 years old, she interpreted Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 26. At the age of 15, after having given many concerts, she moved to France. She entered the

École Normale de Musique de Paris The École Normale de Musique de Paris "Alfred Cortot" (ENMP) is a leading conservatoire located in Paris, Île-de-France, France. At the time of the school's foundation in 1919 by Auguste Mangeot, Alfred Cortot. The term ''école normale'' (Engl ...

in Germaine Mounier's class and graduated unanimously. She then joined the

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(CNSM) with Bruno Rigutto and

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as professors In 1997, she won first prize in the

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competition, which marked the beginning of her solo career. In 1999, she was unanimously awarded the first prize for piano by the CNSM and the Daniel Magne prize. In 2000, she was given an honorable mention at the

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. She then returned to Japan, gave many concerts and recorded several CDs. Since 2008, she has been living in France again and regularly returns to Japan to give recitals. She later perfected her skills with

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and

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, and more recently, with

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. She regularly plays at the

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at the beginning of each year, an event she considers a "must-attend" one.

Selected discography

* ''Chaconne'', 2004,

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* ''La Valse'', 2005 * ''Fantaisies'', Denon * ''Le vent'', Denon * ''Chopin : Ballades et Nocturnes'', 2010, Mirare * ''Concertos de Litz et schumann'', 2011, Mirare * ''Balakirev'', 2012, Mirare * Sonatas for piano, 2012, Mirare * ''Des Knaben Wunderhorn'', 2013, ELOQUENCE * ''Russian Ballet Transcriptions'', 2017, Piano21

Awards

* 1997: Premier prix au Concours Martha Argerich. * 1999: Prix Daniel Magne * 1999: Premier prix de piano à l'unanimité au Conservatoire de Paris

References

External links

Official website

Etsuko Hirose
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Etsuko Hirose – Debussy: Estampes
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