NEWS
2025.07.30
Shigeru Kawai grand pianos featured at France’s prestigious stage “Concert de Paris” 2025
Kawai was honored to provide its flagship Shigeru Kawai SK-EX and SK-7 grand pianos for the Concert de Paris 2025, one of the most celebrated classical music events in Paris, France, held on July 14 at the Champ de Mars, directly in front of the Eiffel Tower.
The annual event, staged to commemorate France’s national holiday (Bastille Day), welcomed over 200,000 attendees at the venue and attracted nearly 3 million viewers through national broadcasts, including coverage on the popular news program “Le Grand Soir.”
Among the highlights of the evening was a captivating performance by two winners of the Long-Thibaud International Competition 2025: violinist Bohdan Luts and pianist Saehyun Kim. The duo performed on the Shigeru Kawai SK-EX full concert grand piano, delivering a refined sound that resonated through the Paris night sky.
The SK-7 grand piano was also featured by the Orchestre National de France during the orchestral performances.
This special opportunity was made possible thanks to the dedicated support of Kawai France, one of our world-wide subsidiaries.
Maîtrise de Radio France – Sofi Jeannin, conductor
Orchestre National de France – Cristian Măcelaru, conductor
Aida Garifullina (soprano)
Julie Fuchs (soprano)
Bruno de Sá (soprano)
Elīna Garanča (mezzo-soprano)
Benjamin Bernheim (tenor)
Florian Sempey (baritone)
Gautier Capuçon (cello)
Dom La Nena (cello)
Bomsori (violin)
Bohdan Luts (violin)
Saehyun Kim (piano)
Performance of Saehyun Kim (piano) and Bohdan Luts (violin)
To learn more about Concert de Paris 2025, please visit the official Radio France website: https://www.radiofrance.com/actualite/le-concert-de-paris-2025-de-retour-au-champ-de-mars
About the Shigeru Kawai SK-EX full concert grand piano
Unveiled in 2001 as the flagship instrument of the Shigeru Kawai line, the SK-EX concert grand piano is hand-crafted in limited numbers following a unique ‘prototyping’ creation process. In order to achieve the supreme range of expression required in a concert piano, each instrument utilises a variety of carefully selected materials, with premium aged spruce soundboards. Shigeru Kawai instruments adopt the advanced Millennium III keyboard action, featuring extended wooden keys and advanced ABS Carbon action parts, providing superior speed and responsiveness than conventional wooden action parts, allowing pianists to express a greater range of feeling and emotion in their performance.
Official website: https://www.shigerukawai.jp/en/
