Kotaro Fukuma, Piano: Flagship Series

Born in Tokyo, Kotaro Fukuma began piano at age five and, in 2003 at twenty, won First Prize and the Chopin Prize at the Cleveland International Piano Competition. His career spans 35 countries, with performances at Carnegie Hall, Wigmore Hall, Berlin’s Philharmonie, and Tokyo’s Suntory Hall, and appearances with the Cleveland Orchestra, Israel Philharmonic, and NHK Symphony under conductors including Frühbeck de Burgos and Kazuki Yamada. A champion of contemporary music, he has premiered works by Takemitsu and Rautavaara and released 21 recordings on Naxos and other labels. Trained in Paris and Berlin, Fukuma lives between Berlin, Leiden, and Tokyo.