Aoyama music award
2024/ March 02.
15:30
Barocksaal Kyoto, Japan
My pianist Prof. Mako Okamoto and I received the Aoyama Music Award for our concert with the programme "Traumgekrönt" on 18 March 2023. The award ceremony will also take place on 2 March 2024 in the Kyoto Baroque Hall.
Many thanks to Laura-Erika Nakamura from Josef Woodwind Manufacture, who took great care of the concert organisation.
The Aoyama Music Award is a prestigious Japanese music prize that is awarded once a year. The winners are honoured for their achievements and their potential for the further development of music.
The prize is endowed with JPY 2,000,000.
September/29 Concert Chișinău
Weber clarinet concerto no. 1
Mountain City Summer 2023
Festival Bergstadtsommer
2023/ September 02. - 09.
Sankt Georgen im Schwarzwald
This year, my long-time chamber music partner Gen Yokosaka (cello) is expected at the Bergstadt Summer. In addition to works by Elgar and Dvorak at the orchestra concert, we will play some of my arrangements of Johann Strauss, Leos Weiner and Kurt Weil at the opening concert. We have invited Susanne Zagar-Swiridoff as a current composer.
Traumgekrönt in Kyoto
Recital with Mako Okamoto, Piano
Donaueschinger Musiktage 2023
Figaro with Kyogen Theater
10.03. Osaka12.03. Tokyo
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