Rie Hiroe Lang was born in 1965 in Tokyo.

At the age , 4, she took her first lessons in piano.

From 1984, she studied piano at the “Toho Gakuen College of Music Tokyo”. In 1998 she was awarded the degree “Bachelor of Music”. She then began to study organ in a master course at the “Stace University for Music and Art Tokyo”. In 1992, Rie Hiroe-Lang studied in Germany for 2 years at the “Hochschuleffir Musik und Theater Hannover” with Prof. Ulrich Brem-steller and received in 1994 the degree “Diplom-Musiker”.

In 1995 she finished her studies in Japan with the degree “Master of Music”.

Between 1995 and 1998 she studied with Prof. Ludger Lohmann at the “Staatliche Hochschule für Musik and Darstellende Kunst Stuttgart”.

Rie Hiroe-Lang won several important international organ competitions : Special Prize of St Albans and 3rd Prize of Wiesbaden in 1993. Diploma of honor as Finalist of “Printemps de Prague”, 3rd Prize of Nuremberg (Pachelbel Prize) and First Prize of Odense in 1994, 2nd Prize of Spire in 1995, Special Prize of the MDR of Leipzig, 2nd Prize of Musashino Tokyo in 1996 (no first prize that year) and Second Prize of Bruges in 1997. In 1998, she was awarded the Grand Prix d’Interprétation et le Prix du Public of the International Organ Competition in Chartres. Consequently, she was offered 75 concerts in Europe (France, Great-Britain, Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Italy, Slovakia…) as well as in the USA, Canada, South America South Africa. She also plays regularly in Japan.