Satsuma Kento (ancient province located in present-day Kagoshima prefecture)

Program
Robert Schumann : Kinderszenen
(R. Schumann: Children's Scene)

Maurice Ravel : Miroirs
(M. Ravel: Mirror)

Leoš Janáček : Po zarostlém chodníčku, část první
(L. Janacek: In the Shadow of the Grass, Vol. 1)
　　
4. Leoš Janáček : 1.X.1905
(L. Janacek: Piano Sonata "On the Street Corner of October 1, 1905")

Born in Kobe in 2002. Studied conducting, piano, and violin at Kyoto Horikawa Music High School, and has conducted the Kyoto Citizens' Orchestra and the Kyoto Horikawa Music High School Orchestra. He studied conducting with Mitsunobu Takatani and Masahiko Kurano, piano with Kazuyo Mugitani, Etsuko Okabe, and Midori Arima, and violin with Kumiko Hasue and Keiko Nishio.

Since 2020, she has studied piano with Prof. Jan Jiraský and conducting with Prof. Rostislav Hališka and Associate Prof. Jakub Klecker at the Janacek Academy of Arts (JAMU) in the Czech Republic. He won the third prize at the Karlovy Vary Conducting Competition, the third prize at the Leoš Janacek International Piano Competition, and the first prize at the Smetana International Piano Competition. He has performed with the Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra, the Prague Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, the Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra, and other Czech orchestras as conductor and pianist.

In 2023, he will perform Dvořák's Piano Quintet No. 2 with the Stamitz String Quartet, and will appear as pianist at the International Music Festival Young Prague and conductor at the closing concert, performing with the North Czech Philharmonic Orchestra. She has also appeared at numerous festivals in the Czech Republic, including Smetanománie and Dvořáková Praha.

In the 2025/2026 season, he will perform with the Brno Philharmonic Orchestra, the Pilsen Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Brno National Theatre as conductor.