At present Kuroda is working with renowned musicians such as the clarinettist Alessandro Carbonare and the Prometheus Quartet. Her videogame music recording Final Fantasy X. She also has participated in many major concerts and first performances both at home and abroad. Beyond the boundaries of classical and contemporary music, she increases activities in various genre as popular, tango, world music, avant-garde, for stage and so on. Aki performs extensively as a soloist and a chamber musician both in Japan and in Europe, especially in Italy. She won first prizes in the 1993 French Music Competition and the 1997 Contemporary Music Competition. In the first performance of Regis Campo's "Piano Concerto" with Izumi Sinfonietta Osaka, her jazzy improvisational cadenza gave great impact to contemporary composers with her remarkable technique and acute sensitivity. At present Kuroda is working with renowned musicians such as the clarinettist Alessandro Carbonare and the Prometheus Quartet. Her videogame music recording Final Fantasy X. She won the 1st prizes at the 23th French Music Competition in '93 and at the Contemporary Music Competition in '97 and selected the special interpretation award in Xavier Montsalvatge the 20th century Music Competition for Piano in '95. Beyond the boundaries of classical and contemporary music, she increases activities in various genre as popular, tango, world music, avant-garde, for stage and so on. Aki performs extensively as a soloist and a chamber musician both in Japan and in Europe, especially in Italy. Kuroda is acclaimed not only as a classical and contemporary music pianist, but also as a tango and jazz music performer. She has devotion to performing the works of Astor Piazzolla, including regular concerts started in '91 and recording Piazzolla's world premiere in her CDs "TANGO PRELUDE" and "TANGO 2000". Besides the classical repertoire, Kuroda has performed pieces by many contemporary composers, such as Ligeti, Xenakis, Donatoni, Boulez, Campo, Mochizuki and Takemitsu. In 1995, she was awarded the Xavier Montsalvage Prize for Performance of Contemporary Piano Music in Spain. XIII, Piano Collection has been universally praised. She also has participated in many major concerts and first performances both at home and abroad. She won the 1st prizes at the 23th French Music Competition in '93 and at the Contemporary Music Competition in '97 and selected the special interpretation award in Xavier Montsalvatge the 20th century Music Competition for Piano in '95. In the first performance of Regis Campo's "Piano Concerto" with Izumi Sinfonietta Osaka, her jazzy improvisational cadenza gave great impact to contemporary composers with her remarkable technique and acute sensitivity. She won first prizes in the 1993 French Music Competition and the 1997 Contemporary Music Competition. Kuroda is acclaimed not only as a classical and contemporary music pianist, but also as a tango and jazz music performer. XIII, Piano Collection has been universally praised. Besides the classical repertoire, Kuroda has performed pieces by many contemporary composers, such as Ligeti, Xenakis, Donatoni, Boulez, Campo, Mochizuki and Takemitsu. She has performed the works of many twentieth-century composers and has appeared as a soloist with Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra and many others. She has performed the works of many twentieth-century composers and has appeared as a soloist with Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra and many others. In 2004, she released the album Tarkus and Pictures at an Exhibition, dedicated to the works of Keith Emerson. She has devotion to performing the works of Astor Piazzolla, including regular concerts started in '91 and recording Piazzolla's world premiere in her CDs "TANGO PRELUDE" and "TANGO 2000". In 2004, she released the album Tarkus and Pictures at an Exhibition, dedicated to the works of Keith Emerson. In 1995, she was awarded the Xavier Montsalvage Prize for Performance of Contemporary Piano Music in Spain.。
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