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From JS Bach to contemporary works including Messiaen, he is an international group who continues to be active with a wide repertoire and rich expressive power. Raised in Europe from an early age, he studied at the National Conservatory of Music in Paris. In 1991, he won the highest prize at the Munich International Competition, the youngest.

Since then, he has performed with the Berliner Philharmoniker conducted by Kent Nagano, the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Seiji Ozawa, the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, the Deutsche Symphonie Berlin, the North German Radio Symphony Orchestra, and as a soloist on an Asian tour with the NHK Symphony Orchestra conducted by Dutoit. build a successful career.

In 2008, a series of performances (total of 5 performances) commemorating the 100th anniversary of Messiaen's birth was highly acclaimed. In 2013, the world premiere of Toshio Hosokawa: Etudes, co-commissioned by the Lucerne Festival, Wigmore Hall, and the Tokyo Opera City Cultural Foundation, was performed at the Lucerne Festival. Also played at Wigmore Hall in London.

Recent activities include his debut at the Wiener Musikverein (Wiener Tonkünstler Orchestra conducted by Märkl), the Radio France Philharmonic conducted by Norrington, and the Paris Chamber Orchestra conducted by Foster. He is also expanding his range of activities in Europe, such as chamber music at

His CDs have been released by Octavia Records, ECM, and Pentatone.The CD "Kane no Tani - Ravel, Takemitsu, Messiaen: Piano Works" released by ECM was published by The New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, and Le Monde.・It was highly acclaimed in De La Musique, French Classica Magazine, Telerama, etc. In March 2021, the 3rd ECM "Toshio Hosokawa: Lotus in the Moonlit Night-Homage to Mozart-, Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23" will be released.

In 2009, he received the Kenzo Nakajima Music Award and the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology's Art Encouragement Prize for New Artists.

Professor at the Karlsruhe University of Music (Germany). Living in Paris.