Kazusa Sagawa

Biography

Kazusa Sagawa graduated from Tokyo College of Music and completed his master’s degree there before continuing his studies at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin under the guidance of Eldar Nebolsin. He was a semi-finalist at the 12th Hamamatsu International Piano Competition in 2024, won First Prize at the 21st Tokyo Music Competition in 2023, and received Second Prize at the 90th Japan Music Competition in 2021. He also won Second Prize and the Audience Award at the 4th Shigeru Kawai International Piano Competition, achieving the highest award among Japanese competitors. In 2018, he received the Kirishima International Music Festival Award on the recommendation of Eliso Virsaladze.