Kana Mimaki

Age:
33

Country of Birth:
Japan

Country of Citizenship:
Japan

Currently Residing In:
USA

Musical Selection

Kana Mimaki began her piano studies in Japan at the age of three. By the time she was five, she had won the first of many piano competitions. Her recent achievements include first prize awards from the Los Angeles Liszt Piano Competition, International Russian Music Competition and the Catania International Rachmaninov Piano Concerto Competition. After graduating from a renowned music high school, Ms. Mimaki continued her studies at Tokyo National University of Music and Fine Arts. As an undergraduate, Herbert Stessin invited her to attend the Aspen Music Festival, where she went on to win the E. Nakamichi Piano Concerto Competition. Following completion of her bachelor's degree, Ms. Mimaki returned to the U.S. to obtain her masters of music from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and she is currently working on a DMA at Rice University. She has studied with and played master classes for internationally acclaimed pianists including Gilbert Kalish, Anton Kuerti, Mack McCray, John Perry, Menahem Pressler, Robert Roux and André Watts. Ms. Mimaki has performed all over the world in London, Paris, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Bucharest, Budapest, Mongolia, Sicily, Tokyo, Toronto, Wroclaw and the major cities in North America.

Solo Repertoire

Joseph Haydn:
Sonata in E-Flat Major, Hob. XVI/52

Ludwig van Beethoven:
Fifteen Variations and a Fugue on an Original Theme in E-Flat Major, Op. 35, "Eroica"

Franz Liszt:
Rhapsodie Espagnole

Claude Debussy:
L'isle Joyeuse

Maurice Ravel:
Jeux d'eau

Frédéric Chopin:
Etude in G-Flat Major, Op. 10, No. 5

Sergei Rachmaninov:
Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 36 (1931)
Prelude, Op. 32, No. 5
Prelude, Op. 23, No. 5
Prelude, Op. 32, No. 12
Prelude, Op. 23, No. 2

Sergei Prokofiev:
Sonata No. 7 in B-Flat Major, Op. 83

Required Piece

Robert Palmer:
Toccata Ostinato

Trio

Antonín Dvořák:
Trio in F Minor, Op. 65

Concertos

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky:
Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Major, Op. 23

Sergei Rachmaninov:
Concerto No. 1 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 1

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