Background
Prizes
Akihiro Sakiya began his piano studies at the age of six, remaining in Japan until he was 18. He graduated as Dux from the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris as a pupil of Professor Jacques Rouvier and then continued his studies at the Tokyo University of the Arts with Professor Akiyoshi Sako, gaining his Master’s and Doctoral Degrees.
Akihiro has given many recitals in Europe, Asia, North and South America, including the Yokohama International Piano Concert, in the Festival de Nohant and in the Saõ Paulo Beethoven Festival. He has performed with such distinguished orchestras as the Osaka Symphony, Tokyo Symphony, Japan Philharmonic, Orquestra Ciudad de Granada, and Orquesta Sinfónica de Radio Televisión Española.
Akihiro has been working on a progressive recording project of Beethoven’s piano sonatas, with five CDs already released. Another CD, Akihiro Sakiya Piano Recital was released in 2015. In August 2019 he made his debut as a conductor, leading Salon Opera’s production of Don Giovanni.
Gallery
2021 Competition Performances
2021 Competition Repertoire
Preliminary Round
Preliminary Round
VII. Fauré: Après un Rêve Op.7 No.1
No.9 Allegro moderato. Tempo di marcia
I. Allegro
II. Andante (nach einem altdeutschen Minneliede)
III. Allegro molto e con fuoco — Più mosso
IV. Allegro con fuoco – Presto non troppo ed agitato
No.3 Clair de Lune
Semi Final Round
Semi Final Round
I. Grande Nuvem De Magalães
II. Constelação I (Pavão)
III. Alfa e Beta do Índio
IV. Constelação II (Peixe Austral)
V. Mercúrio (o Planeta mais próximo do Sol)
I. Adagio sostenuto
II. Allegretto
III. Presto agitato
VII. La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune
Final Round
Final Round
I. Allegro maestoso
II. Andante espressivo
III. Scherzo. Allegro energico
IV. Intermezzo. Andante molto
V. Finale. Allegro moderato ma rubato
I. Im ruhigen Tempo
II. Belebt nicht zu rasch
V. Im Anfange ruhiges, im Verlauf bewegteres Tempo
I. Intermezzo. Adagio