YURI YASUI, in Yokohama, Japan, is a highly talented young pianist recognized for her expressive musicality and refined technical command. She began studying the piano at the age of four with Chitoshi Kurokawa and is currently studying under Professor Hiroe Arai and Yukiko Hibiya. Since 2021, she has been a scholarship student of the Toho Gakuen School of Music, and since 2023, she has also been supported by the Yasuko Fukuda Scholarship Foundation. 

Yuri has received numerous top prizes in major international and national competitions. Her awards include the Gold Medal and Soloist Award at the International Chopin Piano Competition (Asia), First Prize and the Grand Prize at the London International Chopin Competition, First Prize at the International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in (Szafarnia), and Third Prize at the Aarhus International Piano Competition (Denmark). In Japan, she won First Prize at the Student Music Concours of Japan and has been a Top Prize winner at the Pino Teachers National Association (PTNA) Piano Competition (2018 – 2024), except for the 2020 cancellation due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

As a performer, Yuri has appeared in a wide range of prestigious concerts both in Japan and abroad. She has given solo recitals in three cities in Italy as well as in Kanagawa, Japan, and has performed with the Toho Philharmonic Orchestra at the Toho Concerto Concert. She was also invited to the “Brilliant Talents Concert” in Imola, Italy. In Japan, she has appeared as both a soloist and ensemble pianist at La Folle Journée Tokyo, the country’s largest classical music festival, and presented a solo recital at the Yokohama Minatomirai Piano Festival. In addition, she has been frequently invited as a guest artist to numerous regional concerts organized by the PTNA throughout Japan. Further highlights include a recital performance at the Embassy of Denmark in Japan and an appearance at the Music-Fest Rising Talents Concert at Carnegie Hall in New York.