WATARU MASHIMO

JAPAN

– date of birth: October 24, 1996
– currently studies at Imola Piano Academy with Prof. Ingrid Fliter and Leonid Margarius;
– performed with the Imola Chamber Orchestra and with the Youth Italian Orchestra.

Prizes: laureate of the Ischia International Piano Competition in Italy and the Piano Loop Competition in Croatia

Program:

First Round

Bach Prelude and Fugue in E major, WTC II

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

Chopin Étude Op. 10 No. 8

Scriabin Étude Op. 42 No. 5

Second Round

Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 7 in D major Op. 10 No. 3

Chopin Ballade No. 4 in F minor Op. 52

Semifinal

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

Prokofiev Piano Sonata No. 7 in B flat major Op. 83

Final

Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major Op. 58