Masaya Kamei 亀井聖矢 – Semifinal Round Mozart Concerto – 2022 Cliburn Competition

Semifinal Round Recital June 10, 2022 Bass Performance Hall MASAYA KAMEI Japan | Age 20 Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra Nicholas McGegan, conductor MOZART Piano Concerto No. 19 in F Major, K. 459 A native of Aichi, Japan, Masaya Kamei—at the age of 20—has achieved major piano accolades in his home country. He was the first to be accepted to the Toho Gakuen College Music Department a year early (in 2019). At the same time, he was the first to win both of Japan’s largest national competitions, the Music Competition of Japan Piano Division and the PTNA Piano Competition Special Grade, in a single year. Other awards include the Masuzawa, Nomura, Iguchi, Kawai, Miyake, and Steinway Prizes; the Argerich Arts Promotion Foundation Award; and the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award. Those early wins not only provided many invitations for engagements—they also changed the young artist’s performance perspective: “I realized that I would now be p