Yuki Amako

Graduated at the top of his class from Toho Gakuen Girls' High School for Music (coeducational) in the piano department. Special student at Toho Gakuen School of Music. He studied piano under Hisae Miwa and secondary composition under Kazuro Mise. Currently studying under Tsunehito Nakai.
He won the 3rd Prize and Iwatani Prize (Audience Prize) at the 87th Japan Music Competition, the 1st Prize at the 69th All Japan Student Music Competition High School Division in Tokyo and National Competition, the 1st Prize at the 2nd Jirisan International Music Festival Competition (Korea), the 1st Prize at the "Japan Piano Open" Competition 2019, the 23rd Japan Classical Music Competition for Junior High School Boys Division 1st Prize and Grand Prix, the 7th Yokohama International Music Competition for Junior High School Students 1st Prize, and many other awards. He won the second prize at the Tbilisi International Piano Competition in 2022, and second prize at the International Johann Nepomuk Hummel Piano Competition in 2024.
He has performed in concerts and recitals throughout Japan, and in recent years has also performed extensively in chamber music, including a performance at the 42nd National Tree-Planting Festival in 2018 in the presence of His Imperial Highness the Crown Prince and Her Imperial Highness the Crown Princess (now Emperor and Empress). 19, 20 Aoyama Music Foundation scholarship recipient.