When pianist Nana Miyoshi takes the stage at Carnegie Hall on Sunday, May 3, 2026 for her solo recital debut, her performance will represent the culmination of fifteen years of study, practice, hard work, and dedication.  

She is eighteen years old. 

While for many it seems hard to imagine, such is often both the life and career path of a classical musician.  Like so many prodigies before her, Miyoshi began her studies at the age of three, and has throughout that time had one goal in mind—to become a concert pianist: a profession for which she continues to demonstrate a level of focus, commitment, and persistence second to none. Well before her 2019 win of the Bradshaw & Buono International Piano Competition which first brought her to the stage of Carnegie Hall, she had already been playing professionally in her native Japan, delighting audiences with a talent offering every indication of the kind of promise she has gone on to fulfill year after year.

Now, with two of the most important engagements of her career just months away, she continues to apply herself with the same diligence she has shown her entire life. A student of Steinway Artist Cosmo Buono, together they focus on careful and steady examination of repertoire, interpretation, and the development of technique designed to let her reach her fullest musical potential in ways that are neither rushed nor impatient, but instead careful in pairing the growth of her skills with the incorporation of compositions and technique that optimize her abilities and musical development.

She will reprise this groundbreaking debut on Sunday, June 28, 2026 at Tokyo’s famed Suntory Hall, known for its legendary acoustics, and a spirit of philanthropy shared by Andrew Carnegie and Keizo Saji which led them to build these two temples dedicated to great music.