7 Semi Finalists of the Grade Superior Announced!

2016/08/08 | コメント(0)  | トラックバック(0)  | 
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The 40th PTNA Piano Competition has been taken place since May, and last week, 7 semi finalists of the Grade Superior were announced. Congratulations! They will play the following programs for the semi final round on August 18th (*online livestreaming will be available from 10:15). Four of them will be chosen for the final round on 21st. You may listen to their 2nd round performances on YouTube.



1. Shion Ota
Beethoven : Piano Sonata No.27 Op.90 e-moll
Liszt :  Spanish Rhapsody S.254
Rachmaninov : "Variations on a Theme of Corelli" Op.42 d-moll
Akira Miyoshi : Piano Sonata 3rd movement 
Final / Tchaikovksy: Piano Concerto No.1 Op.23 b-moll

*VTR from the 2nd round 
Isaac Albéniz : "Suite Iberia", 'Evocación'  

2. Misora Ozaki
Haydn : Piano Sonata  Hob.XVI:52 Es-dur
Liszt : Années de pèlerinage II, S.161 'Sonetto 104 del Petrarca' 
Liszt : "Réminiscences de Don Juan" S.418
Berg : Piano Sonata Op.1
Minako Tokuyama :"Musica Nara"  Op.25
Final / Prokofiev : Piano Concerto No.3 Op.26 C-dur

*VTR from the 2nd round 
        Liszt : Années de pèlerinage II, S.161. 'Sposalizio'

3. Tomonori Murakami
J.S.Bach : Partita No.6 BWV830 'Toccata'
Beethoven : Piano Sonata No.31 Op.110 As-dur
Rachmaninov : Piano Sonata No.2 Op.36 b-moll(1931)
Mutsuo Shishido:"Suite for Keyboards", 'Toccata II'
Final / Rachmaninov : Piano Concerto No.2 Op.18 c-moll 

       *VTR from the 2nd round 
       Bach=Busoni : "Chaconne"

4. Asaka Miyoshi
W.A.Mozart : Piano Sonata No.4  K.282 Es-dur
Chopin : Polonaise No.7 Op.61 As-dur "Polonaise Fantasie"
Scriabin : Piano Sonata No.3 Op.23 fis-moll
Eisuke Tsuchida :"Undulation for Piano"
Final / Schumann : Piano Concerto Op.54 a-moll 

         *VTR from the 2nd round 
        Scarlatti : Sonata K.20, K.9


5. Kyoshiro Hirama
Beethoven : Piano Sonata No.23  Op.57 f-moll "Appassionata"
Chopin : Scherzo No.3 Op.39 cis-moll
Brahms : Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel Op.24 B-dur
Kosaku Yamada :"Les poèmes à Scriabin", '1. Poeme Nocturne Passione'
Final / Liszt : Piano Concerto No.2 S.125 A-dur

       *VTR from the 2nd round 
       Chopin : Etude Op.25-11


6.Naoto Sugimoto
Haydn : Piano Sonata  Hob.XVI:49 Es-dur 
Rachmaninov : Moments Musicaux Op.16
Mutsuo Shishido:"Suite for Keyboards", 'Toccata II'
Final / Rachmaninov : Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Op.43

      *VTR from the 2nd round 
J .S.Bach : Well-Tempered Clavier II. No.12 f-moll, BWV881
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OX1kes7-hJk


7. Shiomi Okumura
Beethoven : Piano Sonata No.31 Op.110 As-dur
Liszt : Piano Sonata S.178 h-moll
Sunao Isaji : "Passegiata nel sogno"
Final / Bartok : Piano Concerto No.3 Sz.119

*VTR from the 2nd round 
Rachmaninov : Piano Sonata No.2 Op.36 b-moll(1931)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Omg_YZWUW2U

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