EIMI WAKUI

Eimi Wakui is a winner of several international violin competitions such as the 3rd prize in the Tibor Varga International Violin Competition Sion Valais, prize winner and special prize in the International Violin Competition – Toruń 2016, 1st prize in the Euro Asia Young International Competition, 2nd prize in the Oleh Krysa International Violin Competition, 3rd prize in the Mirecourt International Violin Competition, 6th prize in The International Vaclav Huml Violin Competition, finalist in the International Isang Yun competition, 3rd prize in the Yankelevitch International Violin Competition, 5th prize in the Schoenfeld International String Competition, 2nd prize in the Antonio Vivaldi International Competition Vienna and prize winner and special prize the International Karol Lipiński Violin Competition – Toruń

Her performances as a soloist with Orchestras are such as Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne (Switzerland), Torun Symphony Orchestra (Poland), Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra (Japan), Orchestre Symphonique et Lyrique de Nancy (France), Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra (Croatia), Lviv Regional Philharmonic (Ukraine), Witold Lutosławski Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra (Poland), Tongyeong Festival Orchestra (South Korea), Omsk Academic Symphony Orchestra (Russia) and Harbin Symphony Orchestra (China).

After graduated the Toho Gakuen College Music Department, currently she continue to study at the University Mozarteum Salzburg with Professor Pierre Amoyal.

PROGRAMME

FIRST ROUND

SESSION 1

J.S. BACH: Sonata No. 3 in C major, BWV 1005
E. YSAŸE: Sonata No. 2, Op. 27

SESSION 2

L. VAN BEETHOVEN: Sonata No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 12 No. 3
F. KREISLER: Praeludium and Allegro
W. LUTOSLAWSKI: Partita for Violin and Piano

SEMI-FINALS

B. BARTÓK: Sonata for Solo Violin, Sz. 117
KOH CHENG JIN: Before Daybreak
M. RAVEL: Sonata in G major

FINALS

W.A. MOZART: Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, K. 478

GRAND FINAL

J. BRAHMS: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77