Following the results of the 30th Instrument Loan Committee Meeting in July 2024, Nippon Music Foundation is pleased to announce the start of the below instrument loan to cellist Mr. Michiaki Ueno.
Michiaki Ueno
Born in Paraguay, Michiaki Ueno spent his childhood in Spain. He studied under the tutelage of Iñaki Etxepare, Hakuro Mohri and Pieter Wispelwey, further honing his musical artistry as an artist-in-residence at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel in Belgium under Gary Hoffman and Jeroen Reuling. He has enriched his artistry through masterclasses of Steven Isserlis and Frans Helmerson, among others. He made his solo debut at the Suntory Hall at age 11.
He won first prizes the 6th International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians in 2009, the 6th Romanian International Music Competition in 2010, where he was also awarded the Romanian Embassy Prize and Romanian Radio Culture Prize, 21st International Johannes Brahms Competition in 2014, and the at the 75th Geneva International Music Competition in 2021, where he also won three special awards including the Young Audience Prize, among other accolades. He is also a recipient of the Bonn's Beethoven Ring Award 2024.
Ever since, he has performed with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Warsaw Philharmonic, KBS Symphony Orchestra, NHK Symphony Orchestra, and the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra. He has performed chamber music with Martha Argerich, Mischa Maisky, Jean-Guihen Queyras, and Augustin Dumay, and has also participated in festivals such as the Verbier Music Festival and La Folle Journée de Nantes.
