Keisuke MORITA

JAPAN

• date of birth: 1^st of May 1997
• studied cello with Sumiko Kurata and Dai Miyata at the Toho Gakuen College Music Department
• participated in masterclasses with David Geringas, Frans Helmerson, Mario Brunello, Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt, István Várdai
• received the Best Young Artist Award by Aoyama Music Foundation in Kyoto, 2017 and performed a recital tour in Japan
• appeared in festivals: Pablo Casals in France, Kronberg Academy in Germany and the Miyazaki International Music Festival in Japan, where he performed with Mischa Maisky, Amanda Forsyth and Sadao Harada

Prizes: Laureate of Japan Music Competiton in 2014(First Prize and the Tokunaga, Kuroyanagi and Iwatani prizes), Laureate of the Romanian International Music Competition in Japan and Audience prize in 2018

Program:

First Round

Piatti Caprice no. 6 op. 25

Haydn Cello Concerto no. 1 in C major

Schumann Adagio and Allegro op. 70

Second Round

Schubert Arpeggione Sonata

Ligeti Sonata for Solo Cello

Popper Elfentanz op. 39

Semifinal

Enescu Sonata no. 2 in C major op. 26

Shostakovich Sonata in D minor op. 40

Final

Dvořák Cello Concerto in B minor op. 104