{"id":142414,"date":"2021-09-10T17:01:23","date_gmt":"2021-09-10T08:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=142414&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2021-09-10T17:01:23","modified_gmt":"2021-09-10T08:01:23","slug":"sisters-from-fukuoka-win-3rd-place-in-germany-piano-contest","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/sisters-from-fukuoka-win-3rd-place-in-germany-piano-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Sisters From Fukuoka Win 3rd place in Germany Piano Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fukuoka-native <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pianoduosakamoto.com\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aya Sakamoto and Risa Sakamoto<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> won third place in an international piano duo competition in Germany. The sisters in their twenties have been studying at Rostock University of Music and Theater and qualified for the prestigious <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.br.de\/ard-music-competition\/competition\/category-1\/index.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ARD International Music Competition Munich<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Aya and Risa have played piano duo for twenty-two years, and their former teachers in Fukuoka also congratulated their achievements. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/mainichi.jp\/articles\/20210909\/k00\/00m\/030\/197000c\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mainichi<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \/ <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/news\/html\/20210909\/k10013250861000.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NHK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-142415\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/piano-duo.jpg?resize=1024%2C770&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"770\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/piano-duo.jpg?resize=1024%2C770&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/piano-duo.jpg?resize=300%2C226&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/piano-duo.jpg?resize=768%2C578&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/piano-duo.jpg?w=1106&amp;ssl=1 1106w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>Photo by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pianoduosakamoto\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aya &amp; Risa Sakamoto official Instagram<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Disclaimer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Fukuoka Now posts summaries of Kyushu area news for those who cannot read Japanese. 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