AKARI BASTIAENS

Akari Bastiaens discovered the piano when she was 3.5 years old. At first, she started on a small red toy piano but soon she graduated to a real piano.

From the start, Akari demonstrated a natural musical insight and demonstrated her technical skills on the instrument. At five years old she performed for the first time in front of an audience and at age six she was the youngest winner in the Steinway Piano Competition in Belgium winning her own category and the Steinway & Sons prize for overall best performance. Over the years she has had many successes in international competitions. This year she won the first prize in the International Piano Competition in Enschede.

Other competitions:
– 2022 Cesar Franck International Piano Competition (BE) – 1st prize
– 2023 Concours Breughel (BE) – 1st prize
– 2023 IMF Paris (FR) – 1st prize
– 2023 MozArte (DE) – 1st prize and Mozart Prize
– 2024 Enschede International Piano Competition (NL) – 1st prize, Audience prize and International Press Award
– 2024 EUr