Kanahi Yamashita: An Exceptional Artist Bridging Worlds
Kanahi Yamashita, born in Nagasaki in 1997, began touring the USA, Europe, and Asia at an early age as part of the Kazuhito Yamashita Family Quintet, which released two CDs, Kasane and Little Henny Penny finds love. At just 13, she made her solo debut during a series of worldwide duo concerts with her father.
Since 2015 Kanahi has been living in Berlin, where she studied at the University of the Arts Berlin with Professor Thomas Müller-Pering. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in 2018 and her Master’s degree in 2021, both with distinction. She is currently pursuing her Konzertexamen with Professor Björn Colell at the Nuremberg University of Music.
Her years of close musical collaboration with Carlo Domeniconi in Berlin led to the release of the CD Carlo Domeniconi Selected Works VIII – Guitar solo: Kanahi Yamashita in 2021. She frequently performs solo and chamber music concerts, including appearances in the Great Hall of the Konzerthaus Berlin, and is invited as a soloist to international festivals.
Kanahi received a three-year scholarship from the Yamaha Music Foundation in 2016 and another from the Rohm Music Foundation in 2020. She was a semifinalist at the 66th ARD Music Competition in Munich in 2017. Her awards include the German Guitar Prize 2019 in Darmstadt and 2nd prize at the 10th International Martinez Guitar Competition Iserlohn 2021.
Link: https://kanahi.de/
She performs as a soloist with leading orchestras, including the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, and appears regularly at international festivals.
Performing at Siccas Guitars
Every classical guitarist who performs at Siccas Guitars brings a distinct musical path to the instrument — shaped by years of study, competition experience, and the particular musical tradition they have chosen to inhabit. The classical guitar demands sustained technical commitment and a deep engagement with a repertoire that spans from the Renaissance through to works written for living performers. It is an instrument whose full possibilities only reveal themselves over time.
