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Born in Fukui,
Hiroyo Imagawa graduated the State Music University Stuttgart(Staatliche Hochschule fur Musik und Darstellende Kunst Stuttgart) and theMozarteum Salzburg (Austrian master’s degree) with top honors.
She has beengiving concerts in Europe and Japan since she was in school.
Her performanceshave won high acclaim from European publications and co-performers as“the most delicate and sophisticated interpretative art” and she has beendescribed as a “master of touch.”

Awards
Honorable prize of the Austrian Minister of Culture2nd Prize at the 9th International J. Brahms Competition
1st Prize and the Special Debussy Prize at the 25th International Piano Competition“Citta di Salerno”
3rd Prize at the 1st International Anton Rubinstein Piano Competition
2005 ? 2nd Prize at the 10th International Schubert Piano Competition

Major Performances
Germany: Semperoper Dresden. Mosel Music Festival,Austria: In Memoriam Chopin 150th Anniversary at the Great Hall of the Mozarteum,sponsored by the Chopin SocietyUK: High-profile performance in the Royal Residence of His Royal Highness The PrinceEdward in London)

Major Orchestra Performances
ＮＨＫ　Philharmonic Orchestra,Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, New Japan PhilharmonicOrchestra, Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa, Brno Philharmonic Orchestra(Czech), DortmundPhilharmonic Orchestra, Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra, Venezuela Symphony Orchestra,

She released first album“Mondshine”in 2009.
Hiroyo Imagawa studied piano under Professor Hans Leygraf, Andre Marchand, and her　chamber music instructors are the late Professor Wilhelm Melcher (Melos Quartet) andProfessor Rainer Schmidt (Hagen Quartet).

Officaial Web site: http://www.hiroyoimagawa.com Twitter account: @hiroyo_piano