Tomonari Tsuchiya, piano

Beethoven- Waldstein Sonata
Debussy- Suite Bergamasque
Encore Schumann Traumerei

*Track list and order of songs are subject to change.

Tomonari Tsuchiya, piano

Growing up in Singapore, he began piano lessons with Shane Tiao and Vicky Goon, pianists with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra.

At the age of 14, he moved to Ireland, where he received a scholarship to the Royal Irish Academy of Music. At the age of 16, he won the third prize at the Rachmaninoff International Competition and the second prize at the Asian Kawai International Competition in Hong Kong. He won second prize at the Asian Kawai International Competition in Hong Kong, and made a concert tour of the President of Ireland's home, as well as Russian embassies around the country.

Numerous world-class pianists such as Martin Roscoe, Noriko Ogawa, Bitzhel, Klida, Pavel, Roger, Batterspy, Elton, and Cytokourov have variously influenced his playing.

In 2005, he left the Royal Irish Academy of Music and moved to France, transferring to the Paris Ecole Normale. At this time, he won the third prize of the Hubert Prize established by the French Crida.

A few years later, he went to London to study with Benjamin Kaplan and changed his performance method from the ground up. He then entered the Guildhall School of Music in London, graduating from the conservatory with a Master of Performance. After living in Kuala Lumpur for several years, where he contributed to the local music circle and was a full-time lecturer at the National University of Malaysia, Uitm, he expanded his activities to Penang, Osaka, Guangdong, Malacca, and Singapore, performing solo and chamber music, giving lectures, and serving as a judge, all the while working to improve the quality of art and culture in classical music. He is also a member of the board of directors of the National Classical Music Association of Japan (NCCJ).

Formerly in charge of qualifying for the Osaka International Music Competition and the Malaysia Regional Competition.

In 2019, he will move to Japan to begin performing.

In 2020, she performed Brahms' Concerto No. 2 with Ensemble Kobe at Matsukata Hall, and made her solo recital debut in Japan at Takarazuka Vega Hall in January 2021. He has since given several recitals a year in Tokyo and other cities in the Kansai region, and his future activities are attracting much attention.