Amateur Division First Prize
Taito Shimomura has studied piano with Kumiko Murase, Hiroko Fujii, Shoko Sugitani, Ryuichi Kusumoto, Hisayuki Ohara, and Rintaro Omi in Japan. He has also studied with Marko Hilpo, Konstantin Bogino at the Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival Master Course in Finland. Dr. Shimomura has performed the Brahms piano …