Chiyo Hagiwara CV Graduating from Tokyo College of Music, the talented Pianist Chiyo Hagiwara studied with Yayoi Fujisawa, Toru Kimura, Shinya Ozaki, Hitoshi Kobayashi, Yutaka Yoshida, Csíky Boldizsár, Csíky Boldizsár Jr. and Junko Massaglia. She performed several times as a soloist with the Targu Mures Philharmonic Orchestra and the Satu Mare ‘Dinu Lipatti’ Philharmonic Orchestra (Romania); also having piano recitals in France, Japan and Romania (Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, Satu Mare, Sighisoara, Odorheiu-Secuiesc, Peles Castle). In Romania she was introduced to Carl Filtsch’s works by Csíky Boldizsár Sr. and Csíky Boldizsár Jr., the leading expert in Filtsch research. At present Chiyo Hagiwara’s name in Japan is connected with introducing into the attention of the Japanese classical music’s world the works of the Transylvanian genius composer Carl Filtsch; as an absolute premiere, performing Carl Filtsch’s works for the first time in Japan. In April 2017 Chiyo Hagiwara’s Filtsch CD reached the 1st prize on the Billboard Japan Top Album; being widely broadcasted. Presenting Carl Filtsch’s works to the Japanese public was highly appreciated by the Japanese cultural magazines and media. Besides being a Classical Pianist, Chiyo Hagiwara is involved in other musical projects as well as: playing the keyboard and singing in English and Hindi on the Indian Music Album “Pilgrimage”; playing the piano and singing “All 91 wild rose songs of the world” at Kanoya Rose Garden, Kagoshima (Japan); composing on commission in 2009 for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force the “Air Patrol Squadron 1 squadron” song. In 2017 she was awarded with Yamato City Culture and Art Future Award. She received the 3rd prize at the “Concours Musical de France” International Piano Competition (Paris, 2019). In May 2023, she was invited to give a recital at “Musical Days Carl Filtsch” held in Sebes, Romania (the birthplace of Carl Filtsch).And she was awarded with Distinction of Excellence (Romania/Sebes). In November of the same year, she was invited to perform and give a lecture as a pianist/special lecturer for JAPANESE CULTURE DAY by Rodica Fretiu, professor of the Department of Japanese, Faculty of Letters, Babes Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. In May 2024, she was invited to perform a recital at the 44th Lucian Blaga International Festival and Carl Filtsch Music Days. In recognition of his achievements in researching Carl Filtsch and promoting Lucian Blaga, she was awarded the title of “Honorary Citizen” by the city of Sebes, Romania. In 2020 she finished performing the series of all of Bach’s Piano concertos with the Satu Mare ‘Dinu Lipatti’ Philharmonic Orchestra (Romania) conducted by Shinya Ozaki. In 2020, Chiyo Hagiwara released a CD of her own compositions called “Poetry and Dance” and “Ocean”. In 2020 she created the concept of ‘Senzonshō” playing her own compositions and contemporary music on bells and other traditional Japanese instruments, using Kyujo Orin, performing in shrines, temples, special halls and events. In 2021 she released her first ‘Senzonshō’ CD called “Amano Iwato suite” based on her own compositions. She won the online contest for composition “Okayama Cup” (2023), the Absolute First Prize at the “UK International Music Competition” (2023), 1st Prize in the Traditional Music category of the “International Classical Music Stars Competition” (2024) and 1st Prize in the Percussion category of the “4th Lugano International Music Competition”(2024) for performance and musical arrangement on ‘Senzonshō’. Her artistic talent and creativity is expressed through photography, painting (exhibitions at Mitsuo Tsujimoto’s photo studio -Kyoto 2020, 2021) and writing (winner of the “2nd Re Life Literary Award” in short story category, 2023).