ATSUSHI IMADA

JAPAN

– date of birth: August 30, 1990
– currently studies at Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Leipzig, with Prof. Gerald Fauth;
– studied at the University of Arts in Tokyo and at the Royal College of Music in London;
– performed in concerts with the Belgian National Orchestra, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, in countries such as the UK, France, Belgium, Germany, Brazil.

Prizes: laureate of the Queen Elisabeth Competition (2016) and of Hamamatsu International Piano Competition

Program:

First Round

Bach Prelude and Fugue in B minor, WTC II

Haydn Sonata in C major Hob. XVI: 50

Chopin Étude Op. 10 No. 4

Scriabin Étude Op. 8 No.6

Second Round

Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 6 in F major Op. 10 No. 2

Brahms Piano Sonata No. 1 in C major Op. 1

Semifinal

Enescu Piano Sonata No. 3 in D major Op. 24

Rachmaninoff Moments Musicaux Op. 16

Final

Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor Op. 16