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Performance information

Association-sponsored performance

Aprico 25th Anniversary Project Aprico Lunchtime Piano Gala Concert 2023 fantasy piano world ~ Presented by 4 Friendship Artists ~

The four pianists who appeared at the Aprico Lunchtime Piano Concert 2020 will reappear on Aprico!!
Covid-XNUMX, facing the piano single-mindedly, we will deliver a more mature appearance and performance ♪

2023 years 5 month 13 day (Saturday)

Schedule 15:00 start (14:15 start)
Venue Ota Ward Hall / Aplico Large Hall
Genre Performance (classical)
Performance / song

solo performance

Chopin: Nocturne No. 12 in G major (Hana Hachibe)
Chopin: Ballade No. 4 in F Minor (Hana Hachibe)
Bach: French Suite No.5 (Maina Yokoi)
Rachmaninov: Variations on a Theme of Corelli (Nozomi Sakamoto)
Liszt: Years of Pilgrimage 2nd Year Reading Dante from Italy (Ken Ohno)

playing two pianos

Ravel: Spanish Rhapsody (Maina Yokoi [1st piano] & Nozomi Sakamoto [2nd piano])
Ravel: La Valse (Ken Ohno [1st piano] & Haruna Hachibe [2nd piano])

Appearance

Ken Ohno
Nozomi Sakamoto
Haruna Hachibe
Maina Yokoi

Ticket information

Ticket information

Release date: April 2023, 2 (Wednesday) 15: 10- Available online or via ticket-only phone!

* Sales at the counter on the first day of sale are from 14:00
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Price (tax included)

All seats specified
1,000JPY

* Admission is possible for 4 years and older

Entertainment details

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Ken Ohno
Nozomi Sakamoto
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Haruna Hachibe ©Ayane Shindo
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Maina Yokoi

Ken Ohno

Born in 2000 in Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture. He started playing the piano at the age of five.After studying music at Hyogo Prefectural Nishinomiya High School, he graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts with the Acanthus Music Award, Geidai Clavier Award, and Doseikai Award.He is in the first year of the master's program at the Tokyo University of the Arts, studying under Akiyoshi Sako.She won the B-class Bronze Prize, C-class Silver Prize, E- and G-class Best Prizes, and Pre Special Bronze Prize at the Pitina Piano Competition.She is the 5th prize winner of the Takarazuka Vega Music Competition.She was selected for the national competition of the high school division of the All Japan Student Music Competition.She has also won numerous prizes in domestic competitions, including the Takarazuka Vega Student Piano Competition and the Hyogo Prefectural Solo Vocal Competition.While she was in college she won the Geidai Clavier Award and performed with the Geidai Philharmonia Orchestra in a morning concert. In 1 she was selected as a Friendship Artist of the Ota Ward Cultural Promotion Association.She has studied piano with Miho Tanaka, Akira Aoi, Ryoji Ariyoshi, Wakana Ito, and Yosuke Niino, and chamber music with Hiroyuki Kato and Daiki Kadowaki. She is a scholarship student of Aoyama Music Foundation and Fukushima Scholarship Foundation.

Nozomi Sakamoto

Born in Ehime Prefecture, lives in Ota Ward.She graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts after studying at the High School of Music attached to Tokyo University of the Arts.She won the Encouragement Prize at the 18th Pitina Piano Competition Duo Advanced and the 21st D-class.She was selected for the 53rd All Japan Student Music Competition Junior High School Division Osaka Tournament.She won the 10nd prize at the 2th Petrov Piano Competition.26th Young Artist Piano Competition Solo Category G Group Silver Award (no Gold Award).She passed the 11th Tokyo International Arts Association Accompaniment Pianist Audition Opera Division.She won the 44th Oikawa Music Office Newcomer Audition Excellent Newcomer Award.She has performed with the Polish National Krakow Chamber Orchestra conducted by Roland Bader three times in Japan and Poland.While she was in college, she performed with the Geidai Philharmonia at Sogakudo Morning Concert. In 3 she performed in a joint concert at NY Carnegie Hall (Weill Recital Hall).She has studied piano with Hiromi Nishiyama, Mutsuko Fujii, and Shinnosuke Tashiro.She is currently performing a wide range of performances in solo ensembles, and is also focusing on teaching younger students at a piano class in the city.

Haruna Hachibe

Born in Aichi prefecture.She won the 13th Chubu Chopin Piano Competition Gold Prize and Kawai Prize.She placed second (highest) in the university student division of the 34th All Japan Junior Classical Music Competition.She won the 2st Chopin International Piano Competition in ASIA Solo Artist Category Asian Games Bronze Award.Received the Excellence Award at the 21th New Performer Competition sponsored by the Ichikawa City Cultural Promotion Foundation. Received a diploma at the 35 Euro Music Festival & Academy (Germany). In 2019, in addition to performing with the Central Aichi Symphony Orchestra at the Aichi Prefectural Arts Theater, he has performed in concerts in various places such as Kawai Omotesando Pause, Kawai Nagoya Bourrée, Bösendorfer Tokyo, and Maru Burmese Cube. 2015 Ota Ward Cultural Promotion Association Friendship Artist.She has studied piano with Masami Harada, Masayo Baba, Hiroaki Nakane, Keiko Hirose, Tomoko Tami, and Susumu Aoyagi, fortepiano with Kikuko Ogura, and chamber music with Hidemi Sankai and Yuya Tsuda.After studying at Aichi Prefectural Meiwa High School and Tokyo University of the Arts, she is currently enrolled in the 2020st year master's program at the Graduate School of Music.

Maina Yokoi

Born in April 1999.PTNA Piano Competition National Contest D Class Gold Award, Four Hands Intermediate Gold Award, Four Hands Advanced Gold Award.Dryad Piano Academy 4nd place.Concorso Musica Arte Stella Category Gold Award.2st place in the 1st K Classical Piano Competition.Chieri International Competition (Italy) Chamber Music Section 3rd Place.Semi-finalist of the Pianale International Piano Competition (Germany).Participated in the Clara Has Skill Competition (Switzerland).Semifinalist of the Johann Sebastian Bach International Competition (Germany).Appeared in the Russian Piano School in Tokyo student selection concert.She has studied composition with Naoto Omasa, solfege with Mikiko Makino, and piano with Sumi Yoshida, Yoko Yamashita, Hironao Suzuki, and Akira Eguchi.After studying at the High School of Music attached to the Faculty of Music, Tokyo University of the Arts, he entered the Berlin University of the Arts.She is currently studying further under Mr. Björn Lehmann. She received scholarships from Gisela und Erich Andreas-Stiftung (Hamburg) and Foundation Clavarte (Switzerland).