NATSUMI KUBOYAMA

JAPAN

– date of birth: April 3, 1992
– studied at the Toho Gakuen Music University
– holds a Yamaha Foundation scholarship

Prizes: laureate of the Chopin International Competition in Asia, International Steinway Piano Competition in Berlin

Program:

First Round

Bach Prelude and Fugue in F sharp major, WTC I

Mozart Piano Sonata No. 8 in A minor K. 310

Chopin Étude Op. 25 No. 8

Scriabin Étude Op. 8 No. 12

Second Round

Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 13 in E flat major Op. 27 No. 1, quasi una fantasia

Chopin Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor Op. 35

Semifinal

Enescu Piano Suite No. 2 in D major Op. 10, Des cloches sonores

Rachmaninoff Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor Op. 36

Final

Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor Op. 18