Tokyo Music Competition
HARADA Rina
Piano
Born in: Nara Prefecture, Japan
2nd place, Piano Section, The 15th Tokyo Music Competition 2017
Musical Study Experiences
2000: Began piano at 3 years of age
2015: Graduated from Kyoto Municipal Horikawa Senior High School
Entered the Department of Instrumental Music of the Faculty of Music at the Tokyo University of the Arts
2017: Attended the Wiener Musikseminar
Previously took lessons with both Alexander Kobrin, Roustem Saitkoulov and many other musicians
Currently studying at the Department of Instrumental Music, the Faculty of Music at Tokyo University of the Arts
Teachers
Previously studied piano under Tatsumi Chisato, Tomoko Doi, Fukui Naoko and Sakai Chiharu
Musical Careers
| 2008 | Bronze Prize and ANA Award, D Level, National, The PTNA Piano Competition |
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| 2013 | Finalist, High School Category, National, the 67th Student Music concours of Japan 1st Place and the Takarazuka city the Music Artist Association Award, High School Category, the 13th Takarazuka Vega Student Music Competition 2nd Place (1st place not awarded), the 15th Rosenstock International Piano Competition |
| 2017 | 2nd Place, Piano Section, the 15th Tokyo Music Competition 2017 |
Further Activities
Performed at numerous recitals including the Nippon Foundation Lunch Time Concert.
In 2016, held her first solo recital.
Repertoire
I perform pieces from Baroque to contemporary focusing on those written by German composers.
In particular I am fond of Bach's and Schumann's works but I have also recently been drawn to Brahms and Rachmaninoff.
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.2, No.13, No.18 and No.30
Schumann: Papillons, Op.2; Carnaval, Op.9
Liszt: Rhapsodie espagnole, S.254; La Campanella; Années de pèlerinage Deuxième année: Italie, S.161-Après une Lecture de Dante: Fantasia quasi Sonata
Bach-Busoni: Chaconne
Schumann-Liszt: Widmung
Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Ravel: “Scarbo” from "Gaspard de la nuit"
and more