Biography

Hikaru Kanki is a Japanese pianist. Her performances have taken her to renowned veneus such as Carnegie Hall, Wigmore Hall, Semperoper Dresden, as well as festivals including Sommerliche Musiktage Hitzacker, LIEDBasel, and the Pacific Music Festival.

A laureate of numerous international competitions, Hikaru won First Prize at the International Piano Competition "Lia Tortora" and the International LiedDuo Competition IVC 'sHertogenbosch with Arvid Fagerfjäll (baritone). Additional awards for the best pianist include honors from the Wigmore Hall/ Bollinger International Song Competition, IVC, and the Helmut Deutsch International Song Competition.

Currently, Hikaru has been a lecturer in piano accompaniment at the Hanover University of Music, Drama, and Media (HMTMH). As a Dorothea-Erxleben-Scholor at the HMTMH, coached song interpretation and develops artistic projects dedicated to contemporary song and asian song.

Hikaru studied under Roland Krüger and Jan Philip Schulze at the Hanover University of Music, Drama, and Media, receiving further artistic mentorship from Julius Drake, Steve Drury, Bernd Goetzke, Brigitte Fasbaender, Renée Fleming, and Dawn Upshaw. Hikaru was a Tanglewood Music Center Fellow (2025) and Britten-Pears Young Artist (2023-2024).