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.