Following her sensational debuts at the Tokyo Opera City (2010) and the Carnegie Hall, New York (2017), Aisa Ijiri has established herself as one of the award-winning concert pianists and has been described as, “a special talent whose European sophistication, fierce passion and poetic sentiment create an artistic atmosphere”- Record Geijutsu, Tokyo.

Born in Japan, Aisa made her European debut at the age of 15 as a concerto soloist at the Philharmonic Hall, Warsaw and as a recitalist at the Konserthuset, Stockholm. Since then, she has given regular recitals at many prestigious venues including the Royal Albert Hall, Wigmore Hall, Southbank Centre, Cadogan Hall, Fairfield Halls, St. John’s Smith Square, St. Martin-in-the-Fields, St. George’s Bristol, Kioi Hall (Tokyo), Izumi Hall (Osaka) and at international music festivals including Wimbledon International Music Festival, Three Choirs Festival, Lichfield Festival, and Chopin Festival in Duzniki-Zdroj. Her concerts have been broadcast on Classic FM, BBC1 Television, BBC Radio 3, Radio Television of Serbia (RTS), Radio Beograd, N1 TV and CNN Worldwide. In 2009 Aisa was awarded a “Cultural Encouragement Award” by the Mayor of Shiga in Japan as the youngest ever winner.

As a concerto soloist, Aisa has performed piano concertos with the Osaka Century Symphony Orchestra (Conductor: Kentaro Kawas and Ken Hsieh), Orchestra Musica Celeste (Conductor: Yasuo Shinozaki), Orion Orchestra (Conductor: Toby Purser), Bushey Symphony Orchestra (Conductor: George Vass), Salonorchester Alt Wien (Conductor: Udo Zwölfer) among others. In 2019, she gave an acclaimed performance of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.5 ‘Emperor’ with the Kansai Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Sachio Fujioka.

Aisa released her piano solo albums “Pilgrimage” and “Ailes d’amour” on N.A.T Records, Tokyo. Two albums, “SAKURA” and “PRELUDES”, for which the piano solo music was composed for her by Llywelyn ap Myrddin, were released on WW Records and chosen for a highlight feature on BBC Radio 3. In 2019, Aisa played as a soloist with the Prague Symphonic Ensemble the world premiere of a new single ‘Until We Meet Again’ written by EMMY nominated Hollywood film composer Martin Tillman. In 2020, a piano solo piece ‘Aisa: Sand, Silk and Love’, was dedicated to her by Schott Music composer Melanie Spanswick and was published by Schott Music in the Schott Edition Series. Aisa is an official recording artist for ‘SPIRIO’ by Steinway & Sons.

Aisa has become a cover artist and has featured in many international television series, feature films and publications such as CNN Style, Steinway & Sons Film, Steinway & Sons Magazine, Lark Music, Diplomany & Commence and UN Women Opinion Leader among others. The feature film “AISA”, directed by Marco della Fonte, produced by Lost Pictures Ltd which Aisa played the starring role of won the Best Experimental Award at the Hollywood Boulevard Film Festival 2020.

Aisa is a graduate of the Kungliga Musikhögskolan, Stockholm (Bachelor’s Degree), Guildhall School of Music & Drama (Master’s Degree) and the Royal College of Music, London (Artist Diploma) with distinction. In 2018, she was appointed Honorary Representative for the Royal College of Music, London.

Aisa is an official Steinway Artist, the Artistic Director of the Tokyo International Piano Association and the Montecatini Piano Festival and Professor of Piano at the Euro Arts Academy.

www.aisaijiri.com