Yui Morishita (September 22, 1981 -) is a Japanese pianist. I am from Tokyo. His father is a science fiction writer and critic Kazuhito Morishita. He learned the piano from the age of 4.
Yui Morishita is a Japanese pianist and composer. In graduating from Junior and Senior High School at Komaba, Tsukuba University, Yui Morishita studied piano at Tokyo University of the Arts and its Graduate School. In 2004, he won second prize at The Tokyo Music Competition. At his final recital of the Graduate School in 2006, he was chosen as one of the outstanding students to take part in the Bösendorfer Joint Recital (held at Hamarikyu Asahi Hall). He has given solo recitals at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan Recital Hall and also widely as orchestral soloist, song accompanist, and chamber musician. In addition to his playing, he provided music for films and he writes too.
He is a strong advocate of the music of Alkan: he has edited and written commentary for the Japanese editions of his music and the has published a series of articles for Piano Teachers' National Association website. He gave an all - Alkan recital in 2013, commemorating the 200th anniversary of his birth. Since 2015, he has embarked on a CD series of Alkan works "ALKAN Piano Collection" (ALM Records), which has received high acclaim from press Record Geijutsu Magazine.
Morishita is Associate Producer of the Chofu International Music Festival in Tokyo, and also music staff of the Conducting Department at the Tokyo University of the Arts.
In the online community, especially on video-sharing sites such as YouTube, he is also known under the name of "Duke of Pianeet", and his CD "Singularity" released in 2011 became Amazon Japan's top selling CD in classical music. In 2017, he took part in the CD "Piano Collections FINAL FANTASY XV", and in 2018, he releases the CD "CODE GEASS Lelouch of the Rebellion Piano Solo Collection".
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