Mami Hagiwara
1st Prize piano 2010
Born in 1986 in Hiroshima, Mami Hagiwara began piano studies at the age of five. She studied with Kazu Takamatsu, Mihoko Tanaka, Motoko Kojima and Claudio Soares and participated in masterclasses by Henri Barda, Jorg Demus and Boris Petrusyansky. She very quickly started winning prizes at Japanese competitions for young musicians. At age 13, she became the youngest winner of the 27th Palma D’Oro Competition in Italy. In 2005, she entered the classes of Jacques Rouvier and Prisca Benoît at the Conservatoire de Paris. She also received chamber music classes with Itamar Golan and benefited from the teaching of Eric Le Sage.
In 2010, Mami Hagiwara won 1st Prize at the 65th Geneva International Music Competition. Following this victory, she has been invited to perform in most European countries as well as in Japan. She has appeared at renowned festivals such as Gstaad, Périgord Noir, Montreux- Vevey, Folle Journée au Japon, etc. She has performed at the Victoria Hall in Geneva, Salle Gaveau in Paris, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Gasteig in Munich and Suntory Hall in Tokyo. Having graduated from the Salzburg Mozarteum, she has recently toured in Japan with the Quatuor Voce but also with the Japan Philharmonic, the NHK Symphony Orchestra and the El Sistema Orchestra of Caracas.