Onobe, Nanako

Country: Japan

Date of birth: 15 April, 1998

Nanako Onobe graduated with a bachelor’s degree (Piano Performance Course) from Tokyo College of Music, studying under Gábor Farkas, Mari Takeda, and Masahiro Kawakami. Since 2023, she has been pursuing a master’s degree (Music and Creativity – Piano) under Michael Keller at the Münster University of Music. She is also studying chamber music with Ulrich Beetz and Birgit Erichson. In 2022, Nanako Onobe won first prize in the special category of the 10th Akira Miyoshi Piano Competition and received the Kawai Publishing Award. In 2024, she performed in Schwerte, Germany, with the Ruhrstadt Symphony Orchestra. That same year, she won first prize in the WDR3 (West German Broadcasting) Campus Competition as part of a duo with violinist Eva Dannowski, which included the opportunity to record for WDR 3 Radio. Their performance was later aired on the station. She performed as a chamber music pianist at the mensch.music.mestival 2024 OPUS10 held at the Münster University of Music. She performed in a solo recital at the Tibus Residenz in Münster and has appeared in concerts throughout Germany. She has established herself not only as a soloist, but also as a highly sought-after accompanist and chamber music pianist.

Competition Repertoire

Preliminary

Semi-final

Solo final

Grand final