Winners of the 12th Dublin International Piano Competition First Prize [First Japanese Winner]: Yukine Kuroki (Student at Showa Graduate School of Music) Second Prize [First Japanese Winner]: Yasuko Furumi (Graduate of Showa Graduate School of Music)

   Kuroki first performed with an orchestra when she was seven years old. She has performed in concerts in Japan, Europe, and other countries. She has won the Gold Prize in the Professional category at the International Chopin Piano Competition in ASIA. She has won the Silver Prize in the Superior Grade, Gold Prize in the G Grade at the PTNA Competition and the Yasuko Fukuda Prize (1st Prize). She has won the Grand Prize at the International Balys Dvarionas Competition for Young Pianists and Violinists (Lithuania). She has won the First Prize in the Hanoi International Piano Competition (Vietnam), the First Prize at the Astana Piano Passion International Festival of Classical Music and Competition for Young Pianists (Kazakhstan), and the Most Promising Artist Prize at the Hamamatsu International Piano Academy Competition. She has won the Iwatani Tokiko Foundation’s Foundation for Youth Prize.
   She has won the Kanjani Eight’s The Mozart No. 1 Music King Decision Match (twice in a row). She has performed with the Tokyo New City Orchestra, the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, the Tokyo CityPhilharmonic Orchestra, the Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra, the Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, the Silesian Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, the State Academic Philharmonic of Astana, the Tatarstan National Symphony Orchestra, and the Teatro Giglio Showa Orchestra, among others. She has been invited to perform in Japan and abroad, including international music festivals in Europe and elsewhere. She has received the Chiba City Arts and Culture New Artist Award, the Chiba Prefecture Education Encouragement Award, the Chiba Prefectural Assembly Children and Students Award, and the Chiba City Commendation for Excellence in Education, Culture and Sports for five consecutive years. She is a graduate of Showa University of Music. She is currently a second-year student in the master’s program of Showa Graduate School of Music and a student at Showa Piano Art Academy. She is studying under Fumiko Eguchi.

   In 2018, Furumi won the First Prize at the 4th Takamatsu International Piano Competition, becoming the first Japanese person to do so. At that same competition, she also received the Prize for Best Performance of Commissioned Piece, the Kagawa Prefecture Governor’s Prize, the Takamatsu Mayor’s Prize, the Matsudaira Koueki-kai Foundation’s Prize, and the Takamatsu City Culture and Art Foundation President’s Prize. In January 2019, she won the Gold Prize in the Professional category as well as the Frederic Chopin Society Award at the 20th International Chopin Piano Competition in ASIA. Her debut CD, Schumann: Piano Sonata No. 3, was released by Nippon Columbia’s Opus One label. She won the Third Prize at the Paderewski International Piano Competition in Poland in 2019. In 2021, she was a semifinalist at the 18th International Chopin Piano Competition.
   She has won the the Gold Prize in the G Grade, the First Prize in the Concerto B Category at the 40th PTNA (Piano Teachers’ National Associationof Japan) Competition, and Yasuko Fukuda Award at the 7th Yasuko Fukuda Scholarship Audition (1st Prize). She won the Second Prize at the 20th Hamamatsu International Piano Academy Competition. She has won the Gold Prize in the High School category, the Gold Prize in the Concerto B category, and the Silver Prize in the Concerto C category at the International Chopin Piano Competition in ASIA. She won the Promising Contestant Prize at the 2nd Hanoi International Piano Competition (Vietnam). She has received the Ishikawa Music Academy IMA Music Award. She won the Ebina City Cultural Grand Prize in 2016. She has performed in numerous concerts not only in Japan but also in Italy, Poland, the United States, Romania, and other countries. She has performed with the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, the Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra, the Gunma Symphony Orchestra, the Seto Philharmonic Orchestra, the Hanoi Philharmonic Orchestra, and more. She received a scholarship from the Rohm Music Foundation in 2020 and 2021. She graduated from Showa University of Music and completed the master’s program at Showa Graduate University of Music. She is a student at Showa Piano Art Academy. She has studied under Fumiko Eguchi.