Kanahi Yamashita (b. 1997, Nagasaki) began touring internationally at an early age with the Kazuhito Yamashita Family Quintet and gave her solo debut at 13 in worldwide duo concerts with her father.
Based in Berlin since 2015, she studied with Prof. T.Müller-Pering and is currently pursuing her Konzertexamen under B.Colell in Nuremberg. Her solo album C.Domeniconi: Selected Works VIII (2021) reflects years of close collaboration with the composer.
Kanahi appears regularly at international festivals and performs as a soloist with leading orchestras, including the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra. Her accomplishments have been recognized with scholarships from the Yamaha Music Foundation and the Rohm Music Foundation Japan. A semi-finalist at the 66th ARD Music Competition (2017), she has also received numerous awards, such as the German Guitar Prize (2019) and second prize at the 10th International Martinez Guitar Competition in Iserlohn (2021). Since 2021, Kanahi has been a D’Addario Artist.
Competitions
66th ARD Int. Music Competition (Munich, 2017), Semifinalist
German Guitar Prize 2019 and the special prize for the best interpretation of the set piece.
3. Berliner International Music Competition (2019),
Silver medal in Category String Virtuoso
Vienna New Years Concert Competition (2019),
1st prize in Category Strings, 1st prize in Category Guitar
10th Int. Martinez Guitar Competition Iserlohn (2021), 2nd prize
1st European Bach Guitar Award 2022, 3rd prize
Others
D´Addario Artists (from Nov.2021)