Mahoko Endo

Born in February 2009, 15 years old. Japanese composer and pianist born in Tokyo. It was 3 years old that Mahoko began her piano studies. Since she was 5 years old, she has been studying not only classical music but also Jazz under Polish pianist, Michal Sobkowiak who's living in Japan. She also has been studying composition under Kazuo Misee and studying the piano theory under Shinichiro Kato. At the age of 7, she made her debut as a pianist at the 3.11 East Japan earthquake Charity Concert at the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Japan. In 2017 she performed at The Polish Festival in Tokyo as a guest. At the age of 9, she held the joint recital in Warsaw, Poland and performed at the Kawaguchiko Enkei Hall twice. 

She won the 1st Prize and Grand Prix in the 9^th European International Piano Concours. She won the 1st Prize and Second Grand Prix in the 10^th TOKYO Piano Competition. In 2022, she won the Gold Prize and Best performance Award in the 1st Chopin Land Competition. In 2023, she won the 1st Prize in the 5^th Nihon Sogaku competition and she also won the 1st prize and Debussy Award in the 2eme Concours International De Piano Debussy. She won the Gold Prize in the Euterpe Music Awards. In 2024, she was awarded 1st Prize at the 26^th Junior Classical Music Competition in Japan and she also won the 1st Prize and Concerto award at the 18^th Cecilia International Music competition.

She will hold the solo recital in London, U.K. in summer of this year 2024 and perform the Pinno Concerto with orchestra in 2025.