Performing regularly as a concert pianist in Japan, Kiana Reid has also given concerts in Italy, Germany, Austria, Russia, South Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong. She has been invited to perform at many prestigious venues, including the Suntory Hall and Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall in Japan. She has performed with many professional artists and in various orchestras, including Orchestra Sinfonica Metropolitana di Bari,Tochigi Philharmonic Orchestra, Geidai Philharmonia Orchestra, Takamatsu Symphony Orchestra, Kansai Philharmonic Orchestra and Seto Philharmonic Orchestra. 

Born in Japan in 1995, Reid studied the piano from the age of six, and at the age of eleven she was awarded the first prize at the PTNA Piano Competition. In 2010, she was accepted by The Music High School attached to The Faculty of Music, Tokyo University of the Arts and started to study with Hirosh Arimori. When she was seventeen, she performed at the Salzburg Music Festival. In 2014 She received a Scholarship funded by YAMAHA and Rohm music foundation. She won the 5th prize at the 3rd Takamatsu International Piano Competition, won 1st prize at the Città di Albenga International Piano Competition, won 1st prize at the Amigdala International Prize for Piano Interpretation and 46th Palma d'Oro International Piano Competition.

In March 2017 she graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts at the top of her year and performed for the Imperial Family at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. She received Ariadne Musica Prize, Oga Norio Prize, Mitsubishi Chisyo Prize, Acanthus Music Prize, Ataka Prize, and Doseikai Prize from Tokyo University of the Arts. She also received the Next Generation Cultural Award and Art Encouragement Prize from Shiga prefecture. She is a selected 2021-22 artist of  “Building Bridges for the Next Generation of Pianists” produced by Sir Andràs Schiff.

She studied under Prof. Pasquale Iannone, and graduated from Conservatorio di Musica “Niccolò Piccinni” Bari with the highest score. She currently continues her studies under the tutelage of Prof. Eldar Nebolsin at Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin.

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