NEWS＝Winner of 2007 Long-Thibaud International Piano Competition

Grand Prize Winner of the 26th PTNA Piano Competition Superior Grade (2002)
First Prize Winner of the 18th Takahiro Sonoda Piano Competition (2002)
2003 Arion Prize, 2006 Idemitsu Music Award Winner

Born in December 1986, Mr. Tamura took piano lessons from Naohito Fukaya at age six, and later, at age 12, he started taking lessons from Claudio Soares. After graduating the Meiwa High School music department in the Aichi prefecture, he now studies at the University Mozarteum Salzburg under John Christoph Lieske.
Mr. Tamura started the piano when he was three years old. In the PTNA piano competition, he gained prizes in almost all the divisions, starting from the silver prize in level B (1994), gold prize in level C (1995), Best 15 prize in level D (1996), gold prize in level E (1997), prize of excellence in the medium level of the duo division (1998), and gold prize in level G (2000).
He won second prize in the Vienna Music Competition in Japan, elementary school division in 1998. In the same year, he earned third prize in the Nagoya district of the All Japan Student Music Competition elementary school division. In 2001, he won the first prize in the junior high school division of the All Japan Student Music Competition, Nagoya district.
His successful performances include the Mozarteum concert in Salzburg (1994), performing the Mozart K414 with the Chamber Orchestra in Warsaw, Poland (1997), participating in the Karlsruhe International Piano Academy in Germany (1999), the Eastman College Summer Seminar in Hamamatsu (2000) and the Hamamatsu International Piano Academy (2000, 2001, 2003), as well as the Opening Gala Concert performed by the participants of the Academy.
In 2002 he participated in the Miyazaki International Music Festival and took master classes from Vladimir Ashkenazy. His domestic activities are concerts all over the country, such as Tokyo, Kyoto, Suwa, Takaoka, Nagoya, Toyama, and Miyazaki, and more.
In 2002 he was the second prize winner in the B section of the Etlingen International Piano Competition, also receiving the Haydn prize. In August of the same year, he was the grand prix winner of the 26th annual PTNA Piano Competition, also receiving the Minister of Education and Science prize, Japan Philharmonic prize, Oji prize, Mikimoto prize, Mitsui home prize, and the Yomiuri Shimbun prize.
In November he was the winner of the 18th annual Takahiro Sonoda Piano Competition, receiving the Takahiro Sonoda Prize and the romantic period repertoire prize, contemporary music prize, high school special mention prize, and the fujitsu prize.
　
In the year 2003, Mr. Tamura played the Mozart K488 with the Osaka Symphonic Orchestra with Daisuke Soga on tact, and the Chopin Concerto No.2 with the Japan philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Tetsuji Honna, and the Chopin with Osaka Symphonic Orchestra with conductor Toshihiko Matsunuma. His numerous recitals include Oji Hall (Tokyo), Osaka, Kyoto and Aichi, the Setagaya Fresh Concert, and he successfully participated in the Suntory Hall 17th annual ceremony Gala Concert. In October he had four recitals in Brazil, and also participated in the Liszt Festival in Utrecht, Holland, and the Animato Festival in Cortot Hall, Paris (2004).
The following year Mr. Tamura participated in the Animato Festival at Cortot Hall in Paris(January), "Pianist Series recommended by Takahiro Sonoda, No.7" at Toppan Hall (April),"Fresh Artists from Yokosuka Recital Series" at Yokosuka Art Hall Yokosuka Bayside Pocket (July), "Arion Prize Ceremony Recital: New Star No.2, Hibiki Tamura Solo Recital" at the "Tokyo no Natsu" Music Festival, "Muza Kawasaki Symphony Hall Masterpieces Volume 1" with the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra with Hubert Soudant on tact (October).

In the year 2005 was another aggrevating year, starting with the Special Concert "Kobaken Special Vol.3 Tchaikovsky Series" with Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra with Kenichiro Kobayashi on tact (February), five important domestic concerts in March, performance with the Uni Philharmonic Orchestra with Seiichi Mitsuishi on tact, and Kansai Philharmonic Orchestra with Junichi Hirokami on tact(June), piano recital of the Japan Chopin Association 224th Conference in July, and two concerts with Hiroyuki Iwaki and the Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa in November. In the same month, he made a successful performance with Michiyoshi Inoue conducting the Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra and the Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra. Mr. Tamura also released his first debut album "Hibiki Tamura Debut Album". He received the Idemitsu Music Prize in 2006. He has also garnered scholarships from the Daiko Foundation and Ezoe Foundation. He continues to perform in venues nationally and internationally.

Tamura won the Long-Thibaud International Piano Competition in October, 2007.