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Shunji HirotaPianist · Liszt Specialist

PianoLiszt2027 Nova Lux Artist

Shunji Hirota is a pianist schooled in the authentic Liszt tradition, with bachelor's and master's degrees from the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music (Franz Liszt Academy) in Hungary

After completing the Konzertexamen at the Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media, Hirota established a reputation as a Liszt specialist at the Seoul Arts Center, presenting the complete Hungarian Rhapsodies and the complete Transcendental Études in succession

Profile

Education	Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, Budapest: Bachelor's and Master's → Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media: Konzertexamen

Competitions

Early prizes at competitions including the Japan Young Artists International Competition and the Youth Classical Music Competition
Prizewinner at the Anton Rubinstein (Italy), Rome and Budapest Liszt international competitions, and at international competitions in Spain and Romania

Career

Soloist with the Debrecen Philharmonic and with radio symphony orchestras in Hungary and Germany
2016Complete Chopin Études in Japan
2018–2021Complete Liszt Hungarian Rhapsodies in three cycles at the Seoul Arts Center Recital Hall
2023Complete Liszt Transcendental Études
Regular duo recitals with violist Erwan Richard

Teaching

PresentProfessor of Piano, College of Music, University of Suwon