Yukine Kuroki, piano

Twenty-six-year-old Japanese pianist Yukine Kuroki has taken the piano world by storm. In 2022, she won first prizes at the Liszt Utrecht Competition and the Dublin International Competition. Her concerts this season include performances at the Carnegie and the Concertgebouw. She has previously performed in the Netherlands, Norway, Hungary, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Lithuania, Canada, China, South Korea, Japan and the USA.

She studied at Showa Piano Art Academy under Fumiko Eguchi. Since last year, she is a teacher at Showa Music University. At 7, she has performed with Tokyo New City Orchestra under the baton of Akira Naito. She has performed with the Holland Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Ireland National Symphony Orchestra, Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, Polish Silesian Philharmonic Orchestra, Yomiuri Philharmonic Orchestra, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Tokyo New City Orchestra, Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra, Astana Symphony Orchestra, State Symphony Orchestra of Tatarstan and Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra.

She has received accolades at the 17th Arthur Rubinstein competition (2023), PTNA Piano Competition (2019), 19th International Chopin Piano Competition in ASIA (2018), 4th China Shenzhen International Piano Concerto Competition (2017) and 7th Yasuko Fukuda Scholarship Award Audition (2015), among others.

Participant: RM200

Observer: RM25

To register as participant, please email talent@mpo.com.my with the following information by 23 January 2026.

• Name

• Age

• The repertoire you wish to perform

• YouTube video of your past performance.

Shortlisted participants will be notified via email.

Yukine Kuroki will be performing Yoshimatsu Piano Concerto "Memo Flora" at Memoirs of a Floral Fantasy concert with the MPO conducted by Junichi Hirokami on Saturday, 7 February 2026.