Wataru Hisasue is currently studying under Klaus Hellwig at the Universität der Künste Berlin. He is the recipient of several scholarships, the ROHM Music Foundation among others, and has won top prizes in both national and international competitions, from the First and Audience Prizes at the Concours International de Piano de Lyon in 2015 to, most recently, Third Prize at the ADR Wettbewerb and two special prizes at the Concours Géza Anda 2024. Especially interested in the music of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, he has performed in both Europe and Japan, appearing alongside the Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen, Georgisches Kammerorchester Ingolstadt, Collegium Musicum Basel, Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Japan Century Symphony Orchestra, Kyoto Symphony Orchestra, Münchner Kammerorchester and Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks. He will soon release a second digital album with music distributor Musideco.

Teachers

2018 - : Prof. Klaus Hellwig
2017 - 2018 : Prof. Pascal Devoyon
2015 - 2016 : Prof. Emmanuel Strosser (During the Erasmus Program)
2013 - 2017 : Prof. Gilead Mishory

Degrees

2017 - : Master, Universität der Künste Berlin
2015 - 2016 : Erasmus Program (during the Bachelor), Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris
2013 - 2017 : Bachelor, Hochschule für Musik Freiburg

Concerts

2018 : Tokyo Kioi Hall, Piano Recital
2018 : Sendesaal Bremen, Chamber music concert with Tanja Tetzlaff, Cello
2016 : Stadttheater Ingolstadt, AUDI Musik Festival, Georgisches Kammerorchester Ingolstadt
2016 : Berlin Konzerthaus, Young Euro Festival, Piano Recital

Competitions

2017 : 3rd Prize, special Prize for the best interpretation of the commissioned composition by Pascal Dusapin, Internationale Musikwettbewerb der ARD
2016 : 1st Prize, Deutscher Pianistenpreis, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Hochschulwettbewerb
2015 : 1st Prize, audience Prize, Concours international de Piano de Lyon