Haruka Nagao (Japan)

Year of birth: 1989

Having graduated with honours from Tokyo University of Arts and completed postgraduate studies at University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz, she took up doctoral course at Tokyo University of Arts, and Liszt Academy, where she is a student of E. Perenyi. Holder of a number of prizes at music competitions: 6th prize and Audience Award at 3rd Sendai International Music Competition (2007), 1st prize and Masuzawa Prize awarded for the most impressive performance in all sections at 76th Japan Music Competition (2007), 5th place in Long-Thibaud International Music Competition (2008), 3rd place in 4th Sendai International Music Competition (2010), Matsukata Hall Music Prize (2014), she has performed, among others, with Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra Philharmonique de Radio France, and Omaha Symphony.

Haruka Nagao plays a Nicole Gagliano violin (1752).

Program:

Stage 1

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

H. Wieniawski: Capriccio no. 1 La Sautillé, Op. 10

H. Wieniawski: Scherzo-Tarantella in G minor, Op. 16

E. Ysaÿe: Sonata no. 6 in E major, Op. 27

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

Stage 2

F. Kreisler: Caprice viennois, Op. 2

P. Czajkowski: Meditation

B. Bartok: Sonata No. 1 for violin and piano, Op. 21

Stage 3

W. A. Mozart: Violin concerto D major, KV 218, first movement

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

J. S. Bach: Presto from Sonata No. 1 for violin solo in G minor BWV 1001

Stage 4

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

A. Dvořák: Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 53

Pianist: Hanna Holeksa