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Manami Suzuki
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Manami Suzuki was born in Osaka Prefecture, Japan, in 2002 where she started playing the piano at the age of four. After graduating from the music department of Osaka Prefectural Yuhigaoka High School, she graduated from the Tokyo College of Music (Piano Performer Course) as a scholarship student. She is currently a student at the Tokyo College of Music Graduate School Master Course as a special scholarship student. She won First Prize in the Hupfer Division of the 27th HUPFER Tosu Piano Competition and received Fourth Prize in the piano division of the 32nd Takarazuka Vega Music Competition. Every year since 2020, she has appeared in the “Tokyo College of Music Piano Concert by Piano Performers Course Outstanding Students”. Manami participated in the Hamamatsu International Piano Academy 2023 and 2024.

In August 2023, she received the Special Grand Prix and Audience Award at the 47th PTNA Piano Competition, as well as the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award and the Steinway Award. In October of the same year, Manami won First Prize in the piano section of the 92nd Music Competition of Japan, the Iwatani Prize (audience award), Nomura Prize, Iguchi Prize, Kawai Prize, Miyake Prize, Argerich Arts Foundation Prize, and INPEX Prize. In November 2024, she won First Prize in the 12th Hamamatsu International Piano Competition, Chamber Music Award, Audience Prize, the Mayor of Sapporo Award and the Mayor of Warsaw Award.

Manami has studied with Chikako Inagaki, Yoshiaki Sato, Rie Ishii, Mizuho Nakada, Masao Kitsutaka, Masataka Takada and Katsunori Ishii.