Pianoduo Crewir

Nao Kanemura and Yoshiaki Sato (piano), are Japanese pianists. They have been playing together as “Duo Crewir” since 2019. 

What is the name “Crewir”? — “Cre” comes from the Latin word “crescere” (to grow) and “create” in English, and “wir” comes from the German word “wir” meaning “we”.  We grow through music and create music together. Duo Crewir performed at venues in Japan, Poland, Germany, Italy and Romania.

They won 1st prize at the International Piano Duo Competition “Suzana Szörenyi” (Bucharest, October 2023). Other major accolades include 1st prize at the international piano duo competition “Duettissimo” (Krakow, April 2024), Absolute 1st prize, category two pianos, 1st prize plus special prize “Marche Musica” for works by Marco Sollini at the ROMA International Piano Competition, four hands category (Rome, November 2023), Grand Prix plus special prize Steinway and special prize of the jury for the best performance of the selected piece at the International Piano Duo Competition in Japan (Tokyo, March 2021). They earned Master’s Degrees of piano duo with top honors at the State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart. Since October 2024, then they have been studying piano duo with Prof. Hans-Peter Stenzl and Prof. Volker Stenzl at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Rostock in Germany as the Konzertexamen. They are the scholarship holders of the Oscar and Vera Ritter Foundation and the Family-Rahe Foundation.