Kyōhei Sorita (反田恭平, Sorita Kyōhei, born 1 September 1994) is a Japanese classical pianist and conductor.
In 2021, he won second prize, ex aequo, at the XVIII International Chopin Piano Competition,[1] the highest prize for a Japanese-born pianist in the competition since Mitsuko Uchida's second prize in 1970.
[2] Sorita currently studies under Piotr Paleczny at the Chopin University of Music in Warsaw.
He previously studied with Mikhail Voskresensky at the Moscow Conservatory.
[7][8] On January 1, 2023, he announced his marriage to Aimi Kobayashi, a fellow laureate of the Chopin Competition, as well as Kobayashi's pregnancy.