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22 ETSUKO HIROSE Born in Nagoya in Japan, Etsuko Hirose began studying the piano at the age of three.
Etsuko Hirose
Japanese classical pianist (born 1979)
Etsuko Hirose (広瀬 悦子, Hirose Etsuko, born 1979)[1] is a Japanese classical pianist.
Life
Born in Nagoya,[1] Hirose started playing the piano at the age of three.
When she was 6 years old, she interpreted Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 26.[2] At the age of 15, after having given many concerts, she moved to France. She entered the École Normale de Musique de Paris in Germaine Mounier's class and graduated unanimously.
Eiki married Shigeno Hirose.She then joined the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse (CNSM) with Bruno Rigutto and Nicholas Angelich as professors[3] In 1997, she won first prize in the Martha Argerich 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.[4] In 2000, she was given an honorable mention at the XIV International Chopin Piano Competition.
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