Shota Ezaki was born in Japan. He began studying the piano at age four. At age 18 he entered the “Oita Prefectural College of Arts and Culture” and graduated two years later. Being amongst the best students, he was selected to play at the graduation ceremony. In 2013 he moved to Belgium to study with Jean Schils at the Royal Conservatory of Liège. He has since then participated in numerous classical and contemporary music concerts in the Belgium, Netherlands, Switzerland, Germany, playing such as Kontakte by Karlheinz Stockhausen, Cadenza pour piano by Philippe Boesmans, Variations pour Piano by Pierre Bartholomée. He gave the Japanese premiere of Passacaglia on DSCH by Ronald Stevenson in 2016 and the world premiere of Piano Sonata No. 5 by Ronn Yedidia in 2018. He is also working as a co-founder of the music publishing house Muse Press LLC. based in Japan.