Ayane Kondo from Berlin

Ayane Kondo: Multiple Percussionist

Ayane Kondo draws on her classical music training to perform a wide-ranging repertoire, from traditional works to original compositions and improvisations inspired by themes such as dialogue with the universe and nature. Influenced by her father, conductor Hisaatsu Kondo, she began making music at the age of two. In 2011, she graduated from the percussion department of the Tokyo College of Music High School, and in 2014, she began private studies with Michael Kroutil, timpanist of the Czech Philharmonic. After winning 4th Prize in the 2020 World BACH Competition (Instrumental Professional, Hammered Dulcimer Solo), she relocated to Berlin, where she is currently recognized as the only professional hammered dulcimer player in Germany. Her activities encompass solo and chamber recitals as well as orchestral appearances on timpani and other percussion instruments.