Takuma Onodera

Biography

Born in 2005 in Sapporo, Japan, Takuma Onodera has won a variety of prizes at numerous competitions including second prize at the Aarhus International Piano Competition in Denmark (2025), third prize at the 19th Ettlingen international Piano Competition in Germany (2024) and the special prize at the 13th International Paderewski Piano Competition in Poland (2025). In 2022, he gave 13 recitals across Japan, followed by two recitals in Hungary in 2024 and two recitals in Denmark in 2025. He has released two CD’s: “Appassionato” on the KNS Classical label (2021) and “Start!” (Octavia Records, 2022). Since April 2024, he has been studying at the Rostock University of Music and Theater with Professor Matthias Kirschnereit and has been supported by the Familie Rahe Foundation since April 2025.