異才ピアニスト 
紀平凱成 Kyle Kihira

2001年 福岡市生まれ。
幼児期より、風の音や鳥の声などを音符で表現し、耳に届く音楽を鍵盤楽器で忠実に再現した。小学生の頃、ロックやクラシック、ジャズ、ワールドミュージックなど様々な音楽に夢中になり、音楽理論は楽器で遊ぶ内に自然と習得し作曲も始めた。鍵盤に触れずに白紙に一気に音符を並べる独特のスタイルで数千の曲を書きためる。

2015年、東京大学と日本財団が進める「異才発掘プロジェクト」第1期ホーム・スカラーに選出される。

クラシックとジャズを高次元で融合させ、その緻密で複雑な演奏技巧と高い演奏効果で、世界中のピアニストを魅了するニコライ・カプースチンの楽曲を得意とする。エネルギッシュな技巧と繊細な音色で国内外の賞を受賞。
2017年、英国“トリニティ・カレッジ・ロンドン”の上級認定試験合格と同時に、”Exhibition Award”(奨励賞)受賞、2018年同大学のDiploma(学士資格)を17歳で取得。

2019年、浜離宮朝日ホールでデビュー・リサイタル、同年「Miracle」でCDデビュー。2020年、2021年、コンピレーション・アルバム「image20」「image21」に参加。2020年、服部真二財団音楽賞受賞。 2021年、初のフル・アルバム「FLYING」をリリース。

瑞々しい感性で紡ぐ美しいメロディと斬新なハーモニー、縦横無尽な即興演奏も生かし、ジャンルを超えた幅広いレパートリーで独創的な世界を生み出す。

発達障害、感覚過敏を抱えながら、沢山の感動を届けられる音楽家になりたいとチャレンジを続けている。

その異才ぶりは、日本テレビ「ザ!世界仰天ニュース」「スッキリ」「おもちゃ屋MISIA」「24時間テレビ」、テレビ朝日「羽鳥慎一モーニングショー」、NHK「ネタドリ!」「偉人にチャレンジ」などのTV他、数々のメディアでも紹介され、話題を呼んでいる。東京2020パラリンピック開会式 楽曲演奏。


Gifted pianist & composer. Born April 2, 2001.
Music is Kyle’s language. He expresses his inner world and emotions through improvisation. He composes music in a perfectly natural way, like breathing. With unlimited melodies and rhythms in his head, he fills his five-line staff without touching the piano’s keys. Since his early childhood, Kyle has been able to remember and perfectly play all the music he has ever heard, and immediately recreate even natural, ambient sound with the piano.

Kyle taught himself music theory, and by early elementary school, he had already written a great amount of music. His music has beautiful melodies and is rich in rhythm, filled with special harmonies and originality like no other.
He studies under Kawakami Masahiro (an associate professor at the Tokyo College of Music), who is a globally acknowledged authority on Nikolai Kapustin, who fused jazz and classical and created a new world of music. Kawakami calls Kyle’s talent for composition “genius.”

With his vibrant sensitivity, exceptional technique, and unique interpretation, Kyle gracefully plays his vast, boundaryless repertoire including classical, jazz, rock, and world music.
Kyle is a genius pianist: innocent, emotionally sensitive, has and filled with abundant energy. He creates his one-and-only world, and moreover, touches everybody.

Biography
At the age of two, Kyle was diagnosed with autism.

At the age of thirteen, he was selected for a collaborative program between Tokyo University and the Japan Foundation, which nurtures the outstanding abilities of talented people who have overcome obstacles in their lives. After that, despite suffering from autism-related hyper-sensitivity, he has continued to play as a professional pianist, and has won numerous awards for his classical concerts.

At the age of sixteen Kyle earned an Advanced Certificate from Trinity College, London, which is a renowned English music school, with the highest scores. He also was honored with the “Exhibition Award,” which is only given to few musicians in the world.

At the age of seventeen, he obtained a graduate diploma from Trinity College, London.
Kyle’s extraordinary talent was featured across the media: on TV programs, in magazines, and on web-based platforms. Some publishers have novelized his unique professional career. His live performance on TV attracted a lot of attention and led to him trending on social media.

At the age of eighteen, Kyle made his debut with a major label, Eplus Music, and released his first album, “Miracle.” The album includes a variety of his own well-conceived, original pieces, and Nikolai Kapustin’s music, which demands highly refined skill of pianists. While attending high school, Kyle actively performed at jazz clubs and large scale open-air music festivals, and held solo concerts in classical music halls.