Keiichiro Ikebe (1993)

| Japan

Keiichiro Ikebe has won the numerous competitions including the 4th prize in the III Shigeru Kawai International Piano Competition in 2019, the Steinway Klassik-Förderpreis 2017 in Munich, the 1st prize and the L. van Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata Prize in the XVII Hupfer Tosu Piano Competition in 2011. In 2021, he was selected as a semifinalist in the LXXI International Viotti Music Competition. He attended the masterclasses conducted by prof. Michael Schäfer, and received a Jury Award at the International Music Academy, Munich in the spring of 2016. He is actively performing as soloist and in the chamber music concerts in Germany and Japan, including the appearance with Kyushu Symphony Orchestra. K. Ikebe received bachelor's degree in piano performance at the Tokyo University of the Arts, master's degree and Meisterskurs degree at the the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich.