Gdańsk Music Festival

AIMI KOBAYASHI

Aimi Kobayashi was born in 1995 in Ube, Japan. She started playing piano at the age of three, made her concerto debut at the age of eight, and started her international career at the age of nine. Having four successful recitals in Carnegie Hall under her belt, she extensively performs all over the world.

Aimi also regularly performs with major orchestras, both in Japan and overseas, including the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century under Frans Bruggen, the Moscow Virtuosi under Vladimir Spivakov, Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège under Christian Arming and Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich under Kristiina Poska. In Japan she is often a guest with NHK Symphony Orchestra, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, Japan Philharmonic, etc.

Aimi records with Warner Classics, her latest album with Chopin: Preludes, Polonaise & Fantaisie was released in August 2021.

In 2015, Aimi became one of ten finalists at the Warsaw XVII International Chopin Piano Competition, returning back in 2021 and getting 4th prize at the Warsaw XVIII International Chopin Piano Competition.

She is currently continuing her studies with Meng-Chieh Liu at the Curtis Institute of Music.