Chihiro Kitada (Japan)

Year of birth: 1996

Her musical education includes Toho Gakuen Music High School (2013-2015) and Toho Gakuen College Music Department (since 2015), while her principal teachers have been Yoshiyuki Kawamoto, Eiko Komuro, Naoko Murakami and Isako Shinozaki. Has taken part in such festivals and seminars, as Ishikawa Music Academy (2008, 2009, 2010), Music Academy in Miyazaki (2012, 2013, 2014), Kirishima International Music Festival (2014), and Wiener Meisterkurse (2015). Winner of 1st prize at 65th Student Music of Japan (2011).

Chihiro Kitada plays a 1949 Plinio Michetti violin.

Program:

Stage 1

L. van Beethoven: Sonata No. 8 for violin and piano in G major, Op. 30

H. Wieniawski: Capriccio no. 5 Alla Saltarella, Op. 10

H. Wieniawski: Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 15

E. Ysaÿe: Sonata no. 3 in D minor, Op. 27 Ballade

K. Szymanowski: Myths Op. 30 – The Fountain of Arethusa

Stage 2

F. Kreisler: Variations on a Theme of Corelli

P. Tchaikovsky: Meditation

C. Franck: Sonata for violin and piano in A major

Stage 3

W. A. Mozart: Violin concerto in A major, KV 219, first movement

W. A. Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat major, KV 364, first movement

J. S. Bach: Largo from Sonata No. 3 for violin solo in C major BWV 1005

Stage 4

H. Wieniawski: Violin Concerto no. 2 in D minor, Op. 22

J. Brahms: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77

Pianist: Michał Francuz