Around the UENO PARK with Music 2021

＜Wind Quintet＞

Program
DEBUSSY：
Petite Suite-「En bateau」「Cortege」「Ballet」

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Oboe
Soeda Shinnosuke

Flute
Kono Akira

Clarinet
Sudo Yuki

Horn
Fujii Haruka

Bassoon
Ishii Nonoka

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Shinnosuke Soeda (oboe)

2^nd place in the Wind Section and Audience Award winner in the 13^th Tokyo Music Competition.
Completed the master’s program at the Tokyo College of Music. He has performed with the New Japan Philharmonic and the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra. He has studied oboe under Fumiaki Miyamoto, Satoki Aoyama, and Atsuko Yamamoto, and studies composition under Sho Ueda. He is currently a part-time lecturer for the Tokyo College of Music and the Tokyo College of Music High School.

Akira Kono (flute)

Completed the master’s program at the Tokyo College of Music. Currently, in addition to making guest appearances with orchestras, he is involved in the planning and operations of the Doremi factory music salon (Shin-Koiwa). He has participated in the Kitakyushu International Music Festival, the Seiji Ozawa Music Academy, and the Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival. He presides over the SIO Philharmonic Wind Orchestra, which is conducted by conductor Yasuhiko Shiozawa and has gained a good reputation with each performance.

Yuki Sudo (clarinet)

A native of Kagawa Prefecture. He completed the master’s program at the Graduate School of Music at the Tokyo University of the Arts after graduating from the undergraduate program at the same university and from The Music High School Attached to the Faculty of Music, Tokyo University of the Arts. He has studied clarinet under Tateyuki Yamazaki, Hidemi Mikai, Yuji Murai, Mami Mikura, Kei Itoh, and Masaharu Yamamoto. He placed 3^rd in The 26^th Japan Woodwind Competition, 4^th in the 4^th Akiyoshidai Music Competition, and was selected in the 87^th Music Competition of Japan. He currently performs as the assistant principal clarinetist in the Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra.

Haruka Fujii (horn)

Graduated from the Tokyo College of Music. Performed in a graduation recital. She has studied under Atsuko Sone and Nobuyuki Mizuno. She placed 2^nd in the 7^th Annual Yokohama International Music Competition, Chamber Music section, 2^nd in the SALZBURG=MOZART International Chamber Music Competition 2016, and 1^st in the 5^th Akiyoshidai Music Competition. She participated in the Concert for Children at the Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival. She completed a research course at the Toho Orchestra Academy. She is a registered artist with the Ashikaga Kammer Orchestra.

Nonoka Ishii (bassoon)

Born in 1995. A native of Kanagawa Prefecture. She began bassoon at age 12. She graduated from the music department of Sagamihara-Yaei Senior High School, and later the Department of Instrumental Music at The Tokyo University of the Arts. She joined the Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra in 2018 where she is the assistant principal bassoonist.

＜Piano Solo＞

Program
BEETHOVEN：
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, Op. 57, "Appassionata" -1st mov.

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Piano
Akiyama Saho

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Saho Akiyama (Piano)

1^st place in the Piano Section and Audience Award winner in the 17^th Tokyo Music Competition.
She passed the audition of Paul Badura-Skoda's class in Wien Meisterkurs, and performed in a recital recommended by Badura-Skoda. She has performed with the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, the Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Geidai Philharmonia Orchestra. She graduated from The Music High School Attached to the Faculty of Music, Tokyo University of the Arts and later graduated from the same university, receiving the Miyata Ryohei Prize while enrolled. She is currently enrolled in the master’s program at the Graduate school of Music at the Tokyo University of the Arts. She currently studies under Kei Itoh. Recipient of a 2020 Rohm Music Foundation scholarship.

＜Wind Quintet＞

Program
Ｌ.ANDERSON:
Forgotten Dreams
The Waltzing Cat

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Oboe
Soeda Shinnosuke

Flute
Kono Akira

Clarinet
Sudo Yuki

Horn
Fujii Haruka

Bassoon
Ishii Nonoka

Player profile

Shinnosuke Soeda (oboe)

2^nd place in the Wind Section and Audience Award winner in the 13^th Tokyo Music Competition.
Completed the master’s program at the Tokyo College of Music. He has performed with the New Japan Philharmonic and the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra. He has studied oboe under Fumiaki Miyamoto, Satoki Aoyama, and Atsuko Yamamoto, and studies composition under Sho Ueda. He is currently a part-time lecturer for the Tokyo College of Music and the Tokyo College of Music High School.

Akira Kono (flute)

Completed the master’s program at the Tokyo College of Music. Currently, in addition to making guest appearances with orchestras, he is involved in the planning and operations of the Doremi factory music salon (Shin-Koiwa). He has participated in the Kitakyushu International Music Festival, the Seiji Ozawa Music Academy, and the Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival. He presides over the SIO Philharmonic Wind Orchestra, which is conducted by conductor Yasuhiko Shiozawa and has gained a good reputation with each performance.

Yuki Sudo (clarinet)

A native of Kagawa Prefecture. He completed the master’s program at the Graduate School of Music at the Tokyo University of the Arts after graduating from the undergraduate program at the same university and from The Music High School Attached to the Faculty of Music, Tokyo University of the Arts. He has studied clarinet under Tateyuki Yamazaki, Hidemi Mikai, Yuji Murai, Mami Mikura, Kei Itoh, and Masaharu Yamamoto. He placed 3^rd in The 26^th Japan Woodwind Competition, 4^th in the 4^th Akiyoshidai Music Competition, and was selected in the 87^th Music Competition of Japan. He currently performs as the assistant principal clarinetist in the Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra.

Haruka Fujii (horn)

Graduated from the Tokyo College of Music. Performed in a graduation recital. She has studied under Atsuko Sone and Nobuyuki Mizuno. She placed 2^nd in the 7^th Annual Yokohama International Music Competition, Chamber Music section, 2^nd in the SALZBURG=MOZART International Chamber Music Competition 2016, and 1^st in the 5^th Akiyoshidai Music Competition. She participated in the Concert for Children at the Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival. She completed a research course at the Toho Orchestra Academy. She is a registered artist with the Ashikaga Kammer Orchestra.

Nonoka Ishii (bassoon)

Born in 1995. A native of Kanagawa Prefecture. She began bassoon at age 12. She graduated from the music department of Sagamihara-Yaei Senior High School, and later the Department of Instrumental Music at The Tokyo University of the Arts. She joined the Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra in 2018 where she is the assistant principal bassoonist.

＜String Quartet＞

Program
J.S.BACH:
Air on the G String

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Violin
Shinohara Yuna
Yoshie Mio

Viola
Naka Meguna

Cello
Ueno Michiaki

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Yuna Shinohara (violin)

2^nd place in the String Section in the 11^th Tokyo Music Competition. She placed 3^rd in the 65^th ARD Music Competition and 1^st in the New York Young Concert Artists International Audition as first violinist in Quartet Amabile. She has released a CD through Epic Sony, entitled, “Estreno”. She has studied under Akiko Tatsumi, Maxim Vengerov, and Fuminori Shinozaki. She is currently enrolled in the master’s program at the Toho Gakuen Graduate School. She uses a violin made by G. F. Pressenda in 1832, formerly owned by Carl Flesch (Munetsugu Collection).

Mio Yoshie (violin)

3^rd place in the String Section in the 12^th Tokyo Music Competition.
She placed 3^rd in the 84^th Music Competition of Japan. 2^nd in the 6^th Munetsugu Angel Violin Competition, and received an Honorable Mention in the 69^th Prague Spring International Music Competition. Graduated at the top of her class in the violin department at Toho Gakuen. She performed for the concert with the imperial family held at the imperial palace as the top graduate of Toho Gakuen in spring 2019. She has performed with the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, the New Japan Philharmonic, the Tokyo New City Orchestra, and more. She has studied solo playing under Sugiko Ishikawa, Koichiro Harada, Ryoko Shimizu, Asako Urushihara, and Michiko Kamiya.

Meguna Naka (viola)

After graduating from the Toho Gakuen College Music Department, she completed a master’s course at The Hanns Eisler School of Music Berlin. She placed 3^rd in the 65^th ARD Music Competition, 1^st in the 2019 YCA International Audition, and 1^st in several other competitions as violist in Quartet Amabile. She has performed on tv asahi’s Untitled Concert, VIOLA SPACE, and the Miyazaki International Music Festival among other concerts. She is a CHANEL Pygmalion Days Chamber Music Series artist. She uses Montagnana, which is specially on loan from the Munetsugu Collection.

Michiaki Ueno (cello)

2^nd place in the String Section in the 10^th Tokyo Music Competition.
He placed 1^st in the 6^th International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians, the 6^th Romanian International Music Competition, and the 21^st International Johannes Brahms Competition. He has performed many times with orchestras both in Japan and abroad, including the Warsaw Philharmonic and the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra. He has received the Foundation for Youth Award and an Encouragement Award from the Iwatani Tokiko Foundation, as well as the Kyoto Aoyama Music Awards’ New Face Award. He has studied under Shoichi Baba, Iñaki Etxepare, and Hakuro Mori. Currently, he is actively expanding his performance activities in Japan and Europe while devoting himself to his studies under the tutelage of Pieter Wispelwey at the Robert Schumann Hochschule Düsseldorf.

＜Piano Solo＞

Program
LISZT：
Liebesträume -No.3

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Piano
Akiyama Saho

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Saho Akiyama (Piano)

1^st place in the Piano Section and Audience Award winner in the 17^th Tokyo Music Competition.
She passed the audition of Paul Badura-Skoda's class in Wien Meisterkurs, and performed in a recital recommended by Badura-Skoda. She has performed with the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, the Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Geidai Philharmonia Orchestra. She graduated from The Music High School Attached to the Faculty of Music, Tokyo University of the Arts and later graduated from the same university, receiving the Miyata Ryohei Prize while enrolled. She is currently enrolled in the master’s program at the Graduate school of Music at the Tokyo University of the Arts. She currently studies under Kei Itoh. Recipient of a 2020 Rohm Music Foundation scholarship.

＜String Quartet＞

Program
HAYDN:
String Quartet Op. 76, No. 3, Hob.III:77, "Emperor" -1st mov.

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Violin
Shinohara Yuna
Yoshie Mio

Viola
Naka Meguna

Cello
Ueno Michiaki

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Yuna Shinohara (violin)

2^nd place in the String Section in the 11^th Tokyo Music Competition. She placed 3^rd in the 65^th ARD Music Competition and 1^st in the New York Young Concert Artists International Audition as first violinist in Quartet Amabile. She has released a CD through Epic Sony, entitled, “Estreno”. She has studied under Akiko Tatsumi, Maxim Vengerov, and Fuminori Shinozaki. She is currently enrolled in the master’s program at the Toho Gakuen Graduate School. She uses a violin made by G. F. Pressenda in 1832, formerly owned by Carl Flesch (Munetsugu Collection).

Mio Yoshie (violin)

3^rd place in the String Section in the 12^th Tokyo Music Competition.
She placed 3^rd in the 84^th Music Competition of Japan. 2^nd in the 6^th Munetsugu Angel Violin Competition, and received an Honorable Mention in the 69^th Prague Spring International Music Competition. Graduated at the top of her class in the violin department at Toho Gakuen. She performed for the concert with the imperial family held at the imperial palace as the top graduate of Toho Gakuen in spring 2019. She has performed with the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, the New Japan Philharmonic, the Tokyo New City Orchestra, and more. She has studied solo playing under Sugiko Ishikawa, Koichiro Harada, Ryoko Shimizu, Asako Urushihara, and Michiko Kamiya.

Meguna Naka (viola)

After graduating from the Toho Gakuen College Music Department, she completed a master’s course at The Hanns Eisler School of Music Berlin. She placed 3^rd in the 65^th ARD Music Competition, 1^st in the 2019 YCA International Audition, and 1^st in several other competitions as violist in Quartet Amabile. She has performed on tv asahi’s Untitled Concert, VIOLA SPACE, and the Miyazaki International Music Festival among other concerts. She is a CHANEL Pygmalion Days Chamber Music Series artist. She uses Montagnana, which is specially on loan from the Munetsugu Collection.

Michiaki Ueno (cello)

2^nd place in the String Section in the 10^th Tokyo Music Competition.
He placed 1^st in the 6^th International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians, the 6^th Romanian International Music Competition, and the 21^st International Johannes Brahms Competition. He has performed many times with orchestras both in Japan and abroad, including the Warsaw Philharmonic and the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra. He has received the Foundation for Youth Award and an Encouragement Award from the Iwatani Tokiko Foundation, as well as the Kyoto Aoyama Music Awards’ New Face Award. He has studied under Shoichi Baba, Iñaki Etxepare, and Hakuro Mori. Currently, he is actively expanding his performance activities in Japan and Europe while devoting himself to his studies under the tutelage of Pieter Wispelwey at the Robert Schumann Hochschule Düsseldorf.

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