Yuna Toki (Japan)

Year of birth: 1994

Graduated from Toho Gakuen Music High School in 2013 to continue education at Toho Gakuen College Music Department with Prof. A. Tatsumi. Winner of 1st prizes at 6th Novosibirsk International Competition (2010), Summit Music Festival in New York, USA (2011), and 12th International K. Lipiński and H. Wieniawski Competition for Young Violinists in Lublin (2012), in 2015 she was awarded Yamaha Music Foundation scholarship. Has performed with Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra, Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra, and Tokyo Symphony Orchestra.

Yuna Toki plays a 1740 Domenico Montagnana instrument.

Program:

Stage 1

L. van Beethoven: Sonata No. 3 for violin and piano in E flat major, Op. 12

H. Wieniawski: Capriccio no. 6 Prélude, Op. 10

H. Wieniawski: Polonaise in D major, Op. 4

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

R. Schumann: Sonata No. 1 for violin and piano in A minor, Op. 105

Stage 3

W. A. Mozart: Koncert skrzypcowy G-dur KV 216, cz. I

W. A. Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante Es-dur KV 364, cz. I

J. S. Bach: Gavotte en Rondeau z III Partity na skrzypce solo E-dur BWV 1006

Stage 4

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

S. Prokofiev: Violin Concerto no. 1 in D major, Op. 19

Pianist: Vadim Gladkov