Hiroka MATSUMOTO – Japan
Date of Birth: April 27, 1995
Nationality: Japanese
Hiroka is studying with Gerard Poulet and Koichiro Harada at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. She has won 2nd Prize at the 10th Wieniawski and Lipinski International Competition in Poland (2006) and 1st Prize at the 61st Student Music Competition in Japan (2007). She received the Yehudi Menuhin Next Generation Award from Kronberg Academy in Germany and the Music Award from the Ishikawa Music Academy in Japan in 2009. Her performances include many solo recitals and concerts with the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra, Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra and the Liszt Ferenc Chamber Orchestra in Budapest.
1st ROUND
J.S. BACH Sonata No. 3 BWV 1016, movements 3 & 4
E. GRIEG Sonata in G major, 1st movement
Freestyle Improvisation
O. BULL Rondo – from Cantabile dolorosa and Rondo giocoso
FINALS
L. van BEETHOVEN Sonata No 5 in F major, Op. 24
A. DVORAK Terzetto in C major, Op.74, Scherzo: Vivace and Thema con variazioni
E. CHAUSSON Poème
Accompanist: Official
