Live in Montréal Ayana Tsuji
Album info
Album-Release:
2018
HRA-Release:
20.04.2018
Label: Warner Classics, Warner Classics UK Ltd
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Artist: Ayana Tsuji
Composer: Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
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- Jean Sibelius (1865-1957): Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47:
- 1 I. Allegro moderato 16:55
- 2 II. Adagio di molto 08:31
- 3 III. Allegro, ma non tanto 08:13
Info for Live in Montréal
With this performance of the Sibelius Violin Concerto, Ayana Tsuji won the 2016 edition of the prestigious Montreal International Musical Competition. Described by Violinist.com as a "great discovery" and "an artist of consummate taste and persuasive musical power", she was also honoured with five further prizes in Montreal, including Best Semi-Final Recital. The disc includes her performances with pianist Philip Chiu of Stravinsky's Duo Concertante, recorded at the semi-finals, and Saint-Saëns' Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso in A minor, taken from the quarter-finals.
Ayana Tsuji, violin
Ayana Tsuji
At the Montreal International Musical Competition 2016, the young Japanese violinist Ayana Tsuji captured all of the “best performance” awards (including the Bach Award, the Compulsory Canadian Work Award, the Sonata Award, the Caprice by Nicolo Paganini Award, and the best recital Award) in addition to her first place finish. She had previously won major prizes at international competitions in Hanover (Joseph Joachim), Seoul and Tokyo (International Music Competition).
She has performed as soloist with the Montreal Symphony, Nagoya Philharmonic, Kanagawa Philharmonic, Osaka Symphony, Tokyo City Philharmonic, Central Aichi Symphony, Yokohama Sinfonietta, Chubu Philharmonic, Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra, and the Sejong Soloists.
Born in Gifu in 1997, Ayana Tsuji began playing the violin at the age of three. She studies with Koichiro Harada at the Tokyo College of Music.
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