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