19:00, Osaka THE PHOENIX HALL
Ensemble & Solo
Hayang Park
Hayang Park, a Korean violist born in Seoul in 1998, is currently based in Europe, where she is studying at the Kronberg Academy in Germany. Park started playing the viola at an early age and has established herself as an accomplished musician with numerous competition wins, including 2022 the 5th Tokyo Competition, where she recently won first prize.
Biography
Park’s concert biography already includes performances at Geneva’s Victoria Hall, Fondation Louis Vuitton and the Matsumoto Harmony Hall in Japan together with Maestro Seiji Ozawa.
She has performed at many international music festivals, including the Marlboro Music Festival in the United States, the Verbier Festival in Switzerland, the Seoul International Music Festival, the Kronberg Chamber Music Connects the World Festival, the Kronberg Academy Festival and TongYeong International Muisc Festival. She also performed chamber music with cellist Steven Isserlis, Gary Hoffman, violinist Leonidas Kavakos, Christian Tetzlaff, Antje Weithass, Kolija Blacher and Gidon Kremer, violist Nobuko Imai, among others.
schedule
May 29
Viola Space – Concert #2 Tokyo
19:00, Tokyo Kioi Hall
Béla Bartók: Viola concert (Tibor Serly version) (1945)
Conductor – Kazuhumi Yamashita
Toho Gakuen Orchestra
May 28
Viola Space – Concert #1 Tokyo
19:00, Tokyo Kioi Hall
Henri Vieuxtemps: Souvenir d’Amérique (Yankee Doodle Variations), op. 17
May 20
Viola Recital – Runde Foundation Nagoya
19:00 Halle Runde
R.Schumann – 3 Romances op.94
John Dowland – If my complaints could passions move
B.Britten – Lachrymae, op.48a
C.Schumann – 3 Romances op.22
R.Clrke – Sonata for Viola and Piano
Pianist – Fuyuka Kusa
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Prizes awarded at the 2022 Tokyo International Viola Competition
On 4 June, Korean violist Hayang Park (b.1998) was awarded first prize at the Tokyo International Viola Competition. Along with first prize, Park won JPY 1,000,000 (£6,000), and the Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra Prize. Park is an alumna of the Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía in Madrid, Spain, where she studied with Nobuko Imai. Since October 2021, she has been studying at Kronberg Academy, also with Imai.
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Prizewinners Announced at 5th Tokyo International Viola Competition
Held every three years as part of the Viola Space, a festival for viola founded in 1992 by violist Nobuko Imai, the Tokyo International Viola Competition welcomed violists from all nationalities born on or after July 1, 1989.
As the first prize winner, violist Hayang Park will receive JPY 1,000,000. Second prize and JPY 600,000 went to Emiko Yuasa, while third prize and JPY 300,000 was given to Sào Soulez Larivière.
The first, second, and third prize winners will have performance opportunities at the Prizewinners’ Concerts in Tokyo, Osaka, and Sendai as part of Viola Space 2022, in addition to concerts at the Viola Space in or after 2023.
Additional prizes were given out. The Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra Prize, which gives an opportunity to perform with the ensemble after 2023, went to Hayang Park.
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