[Kazusa Sagawa, Manami Suzuki] Mozart: Piano Concerto No.17 in G major, K.453 [Shigeru Kawai SK-EX]

Brahms, Johannes: Variations on a Theme by Paganini Book 2, Op.35-2
Variationen über ein Thema von Paganini Heft II

0:00 Mov.1 Allegro
11:38 Mov.2 Andante
23:24 Mov.3 Allegretto

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Pianist: Kazusa Sagawa

Born in Saitama Prefecture in 1998, Kazusa SAGAWA is a distinguished pianist who has graduated at the top of his class from Tokyo College of Music and its master's program, receiving numerous prestigious awards.

・1st Prize: 21st Tokyo Music Competition, Piano Division
・2nd Prize (highest-ranking Japanese participant) & Audience Prize: 4th Shigeru Kawai International Piano Competition
・2nd Prize: 90th Music Competition of Japan, Piano Division
・1st Prize: 31st Takarazuka Vega Music Competition
・Top Prize: 15th Japan Musicians Competition
・1st Prize: 15th Tokyo College of Music Competition (youngest winner in history)
・Top Prize: Salzburg-Mozart International Chamber Music Competition in Tokyo 2022
・2018 Kirishima International Music Festival Award (39th)

He has performed as soloist with Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra, New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, and Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, among others.
He studied at Moscow Conservatory (Russia) as a scholarship student and received the Most Promising Award at Villa Sandra Piano Academy (Italy), also participating in Chetham's International Piano Summer School (UK) and Hamamatsu International Piano Academy.

Currently, he is pursuing his master's degree at the Hanns Eisler School of Music Berlin under the tutelage of Eldar Nebolsin.
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Orchestra Part: Manami Suzuki

Manami Suzuki is a Japanese pianist born in Osaka Prefecture in 2002.

In 2024, at the age of 22, she made history as the first Japanese pianist and the first female pianist to win the Hamamatsu International Piano Competition, also receiving the Chamber Music Award and Audience Prize.

She has performed with the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, and Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, and appears regularly at major festivals and venues in Japan, Europe, the UK, and the United States.

・1st Prize, Hamamatsu International Piano Competition 2024
(Chamber Music Award & Audience Prize)
・1st Prize, 92nd Music Competition of Japan (Piano Division)
・Special Grand Prix & Audience Award, 47th PTNA Piano Competition
・1st Prize, 27th HUPFER Tosu Piano Competition (Hupfer Division)

Suzuki is currently pursuing her master’s degree at Tokyo College of Music Graduate School and has studied with distinguished pianists including Elisso Virsaladze, Ronan O’Hora, and Noriko Ogawa.
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