Kasumi Hamano

Born in 1996 in Osaka (Japan), Kasumi Hamano obtained a bachelor's degree in business administration from Kwansei Gakuin University while taking private organ lessons with Akiko Sakakura. He then went on to perfect his organ skills in Pieter van Dijk's class at the Amsterdam Conservatory. In 2021, he won second prize and the audience prize at the Concours international Jean-Louis-Florentz in the church of Saint-Eustache (Paris). He is organist and pianist at the Mennonite Church (Doopsgezinde Vermaning) in Zaandam (Netherlands), and gives concerts in the Netherlands and France.