中村紘子
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About 中村紘子
中村紘子 (Nakamura Hiroko), a Japanese pianist. Born in Yamanashi July 25, 1944 and grew up in Tokyo. She started studying piano at the age of 3 at Toho Gakuen School of Music under Aiko Iguchi. In 1959, she won at the National Music Competition of Japan at the age of 15 years old. Right after winning the competition, NHK Symphony Orchestra invited her as a soloist on its first world tour, which was also the first tour for her. In 1960, she went to Juilliard School of Music, and studied under Rosina Lhévinne, the famous Russian-Jewish pedagogue who also taught Van Cliburn. In 1965, she became the youngest prizewinner (4th) at the 7th International Frederick Chopin Piano Competition. Harold Charles Schonberg found her musical interpretation fascinating, and mentioned her playing in one of his books, The great pianists. Nakamura is also well-known as a nonfiction writer, critic and television personality. Her first book, “The Tchaikovsky Competition” written about her experiences on the juries at the 1982 and 1986 Tchaikovsky Competitions in Moscow, won the 20th Ohya Non-Fiction Prize, a Japanese equivalent to the prestigious American Pulitzer Prize. Official site: http://www.nakamura-hiroko.com (only in japanese)
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