Aimi Kobayashi

is a classical pianist born on September 23, 1995.She lived in Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan until February 2007 and now in Tokyo, started studying piano at the age of 3, played with an orchestra at age 7, and has been receiving tutelage from Yuko Ninomiya since 8 years old, and has won the Yamaguchi Prefecture "Glory Culture Prize" three times. Aimi is supported by The American Association for Development of the Gifted and Talented Inc.- a non-profit organization dedicated to helping young classical musicians around the world. You can learn more about Aimi and AADGT at [http://www.aadgt.jp/en/aimi.html AADGT Japan] and [http://www.aadgt.org AADGT United States]

Profile

*1995 Born on September 23 in Ube.
*2004 Won the Gold prize at 1st and 2nd grade Elementary School level in the 5th International Chopin Piano Competition in ASIA.
*2005 Won the first prize in the elementary school division of the Student Music concours of Japan when she was in the fourth grade.
*2005 Invited to play at Salle Cortot and Carnegie Hall.
*2006 Performed at Tokyo Opera City Hall with the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra in January.
*2006 Performed at Carnegie Hall again on October 29.
*2006 Performed Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 26 ("Coronation") with Vladimir Spivakov conducting the Moscow Chamber Orchestra and as an encore she played Chopin's 1st Impromptu at Svetlanov Hall(Moscow International House of Music) in Moscow on December 24.
*2007 Played Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.1 with the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra at Suntory Hall on March 31.
*2007 Gave a Debut Recital at the Symphony Hall of Acros Fukuoka on April 2.

External links

* [http://www.aadgt.jp/en/aimi.html AADGT Japan] and [http://www.aadgt.org AADGT United States]
*ja icon [http://www17.ocn.ne.jp/~aimifan/ Aimi Kobayashi FanClub]