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Friendship Artist Audition
Second Practical Examination Open to the Public

As part of our program to support young artists, our association holds the Aprico Afternoon Song Concert and the Aprico Lunchtime Piano Concert. Performers are selected through auditions, and the second round of practical auditions is open to the public. This is a rare opportunity to hear the tense performances and musical enthusiasm of young musicians who are about to take flight into the future. (There are no general audition slots.)

Date

・Apricot Song Night Concert 2026 performers second practical examination
November 17th (Monday) 13:30 start (doors open at 13:00)

・Aprico Lunchtime Piano Concert 2026 Performers Second Practical Examination
11/18　13:30 Starts at 15:25 (doors open at 15:00)
*Due to an applicant withdrawing, the start time has been changed to 15:25.
Venue Ota Ward Hall / Aplico Large Hall
Admission fee Free
Capacity 100 people each (spectators will be seated in rows 18-28 on the first floor)
How to apply No prior application required
*On the day of the event, admission will be from the top of the stairs (2nd floor).
*Escalators and elevators will not be operating. Please use the stairs only.
Organizer / Inquiry (Public interest incorporated foundation) Ota Ward Cultural Promotion Association Cultural Arts Promotion Division
TEL: 03-3750-1614 (Monday to Friday 9:00 to 17:00)

To all supporters of the Young Artist Support Program

・This audition is being held to select performers for the 2026 "Aprico Lunchtime Piano Concert" and "Aprico Afternoon Song Concert." Young performers will be taking this seriously as a source of future growth. Please refrain from any behavior that may disrupt the performance. Please note that as this is an audition, applause after the performance is not required.
- Eating, drinking, recording, and filming are strictly prohibited within the audience area.
・Due to judging reasons, the performance may be stopped midway.
・All seats are unreserved, but please stay seated within the designated seating area (first floor seats row 18-28 only). Please refrain from moving seats or entering or exiting during the performance.
・We ask for your understanding and cooperation so that everyone can enjoy the audition comfortably.

[2026 Apricot Song Afternoon Concert] Second Practical Examination Schedule (November 17th (Mon))

<Examination Contents>
・Performance time is within 15 minutes (including intervals between songs)
・Include Japanese songs and opera arias in the program. The order of performance does not have to be the same as the submitted order.

Scheduled start time of performance Name Furigana Voice type Second round of auditions
13:30 Daiki Tomokiyo Tomokiyo Taiki Tenor ・Kobayashi Hideo: Larch
PI Tchaikovsky: "Youth is long gone" from the opera "Eugene Onegin" (Lensky) / "Kuda, kuda, kuda vi udalilis" from "Eugene Onegin" (Lensky)
13:43 Rina Suzuki Suzuki Lina Soprano ・Yoshinao Nakata: Sakura Yokocho
WA Mozart: "What happiness, what joy" (Blondchen) from the opera "The Abduction from the Serail" / "Welche Wonne, welche Lust" (Blondchen) from "The Abduction from the Serail"
13:50 Yuriko Gomi Garbage Yuriko Soprano ・Yoshinao Nakata: When I feel sad 
- F. Cilea: "I am the humble servant of the Creator" (Adriana) from the opera "Adriana Lecouvreur"
G. Puccini: "When I Walk Through the Streets" (Musetta) from the opera "La Bohème" / "Quando me'n vò" (Musetta) from "La Bohème"
- R. Leoncavallo: "The birds in the sky" (Nedda) from the opera "Pagliacci" / "Stridono lassù" (Nedda)
14:06 Haruna Asakura Asakura Haruna Soprano ・Yoshinao Nakata: Talking to the Fog
G. Menotti: "Hello, Margaret!" (Lucy) from the opera "The Telephone" / "Hello, Margarett" (Lucy)
S. Barber: Sure on this shining night
Break (15 minutes)
14:30 Haruka Okazaki Okazaki Haruka Soprano ・Shimizu Osamu: Like Falling Leaves
- C. Gounod: "I want to live in a dream" (Juliette) from the opera "Romeo and Juliette" / "Je veux vivre" (Juliette) from "Roméo et Juliette"
・G. Rossini: "Beautiful Light" (Semiramide) from the opera "Semiramide" / "Bel raggio lusinghier" (Semiramide)
14:45 Aoi Sakano Sakano Aoi Soprano ・Ikuma Dan: Higurashi
・G. Verdi: "A Summer Breeze Blows" (Nannetta) from the opera "Falstaff" / "Sul fil d'un soffio etesio" (Nannetta)
- G. Puccini: "My name is Mimì" (Mimì) from the opera "La bohème"
14:57 Honoka Takeuchi Takeuchi Honoka Soprano ・Yoshinao Nakata: "Laugh" from "Stars and Dandelions"
CMv Weber: "In the Dream of My Late Aunt" from the opera "Der Freischütz"
15:06 Name withheld by request   bus ・Yamada Kosaku: Manjushage
- G. Verdi: "Ella giammai m'amò" from the opera "Don Carlo" (Philippo II)
15:20 Ayano Wakata Ayano Wakata Soprano ・Yamada Kosaku: I decorate my blue bed
・G. Verdi / G. Verdi: "It's strange! ~ It must have been him" (Violetta) from the opera "La Traviata" / "E strano~Ah fors'e lui" (Violetta) from "La Traviata"
Break (15 minutes)
15:46 Seiichi Uemura Kamimura Seiichi Countertenor ・Yoshinao Nakata: Please give me a song
JA Hasse: "Such a beautiful look" from the opera "Orfeo" (Farinelli) / "Sempre a si vaghi rai" from "Orfeo" (Farinelli)
16:00 Aoki Kawanabe Midori Kawanabe Soprano ・Yoshinao Nakata: Talking to the Fog
- V. Bellini: From the opera "The Capuleti and the Montecchi" "So many times have I been clothed in fine attire..." (Giulietta) / "Eccomi in lieta vesta" ~ Oh! quante volte (Giulietta)
16:13 Taiyo Asanuma Asanuma Sun Tenor ・Kobayashi Hideo: Larch
- J. Massenet: "When I close my eyes I see" (Des Grieux) from the opera "Manon" / "Manon" "En fermant les yeux" (Des Grieux)
16:23 Takako Ito Takako Ito Soprano ・Ikuma Dan: Hydrangea.
- G. Verdi: "God Who Knows the Vanity of the World" (Elisabetta) from the opera "Don Carlo" / "Tu chele vanità" (Elisabetta) from "Don Carlo"

[2026 Aprico Lunchtime Piano Concert] Second Practical Examination Schedule (Tuesday, November 18th)

Due to a candidate withdrawing, the start time has been changed to 15:25.

<Examination Contents>
・Performance time is 25 minutes (including intervals), and the pieces to be performed on the day will be selected from the pieces submitted for the second round of auditions (50-minute solo program). The order of the pieces may also be specified.
・Play may be stopped midway.

Scheduled start time of performance Name Furigana Second round of auditions
13:30 Name withheld by request
※Refusal to review		   Mozart: 9 Variations on a Minuet by Duport in D major, K.573
・Schubert: Wanderer-Fantasie in C major, D.760 / F.Schubert: Wanderer-Fantasie in C major, D.760
- F.Liszt: Ballade No.2 in B minor, S.171
13:55 Sumire Sakahara
※Refusal to review
 Sakahara Violet ・LvBeethoven: Piano Sonata No. 30 Op.109 E major / LvBeethoven: Klaviersonate No.30 Op.109 E-Dur
・R.Schumann: Symphonische Etüden Op.13/R.Schumann: Symphonische Etüden Op.13
15:25 Name withheld by request   Bach: Toccata BWV911 c minor
Ravel: Minuet on a Theme by Haydn
・Ravel: Jeux d'eau
・Ravel: Miroirs
1. Moths / Noctuelles
2. Sad Birds
3. A small boat on the ocean
4. The Clown's Morning Song
5. Valley of Bells
14:45 Name withheld by request
※Refusal to review
   - Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 31, Op. 110 in A-flat major / Beethoven Sonate für Klavier No. 31 As-Dur Op. 110
F. Chopin: Fantasia Op.49 in F minor
・F. Chopin: Three New Etudes (Etudes) KK.IIb/3 / F. Chopin: Method of Piano Music by Fr.-J. Fétis KK.IIb/3
A.Scriabin: 5 Preludes Op.16
15:25 Name withheld by request
※Refusal to review		   Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.7 in D Major Op.10-3
Liszt: Ballade No.2 in B minor S.171 R.16 / Liszt: Ballade No.2 in h minor S.171 R.16
Scriabin: Piano Sonata No.2 Op.19 "Fantasy Sonata" in G sharp minor
15:50 Name withheld by request   ・M. Clementi: Piano Sonata Op.40-2 in B minor, 1st movement / M. Clementi: Piano Sonata h-moll Op.40-2 Mov.1
F. Chopin: Impromptu No.1 in A-flat major, Op.29
・F. Chopin: Nocturne Op.48-2 in F sharp minor / F. Chopin: Nocturne fis-moll Op.48-2
F. Chopin: Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52 / F. Chopin: Ballade in F minor, Op. 52
- M. Ravel: Mirror No. 4 "Morning Song of the Clown" in D minor / M. Ravel: Miroirs "Alborada del gracioso" in d minor
- L. Liebermann: Gargoyles Op.29 / L. Liebermann: Gargoyles Op.29
16:15 Takahiro Tokita Takahiro Tokita ・F. Chopin: Nocturne in F major, Op.15-1 / F. Chopin: Nocturne in F major, Op. 15-1
・F. Chopin: Nocturne in E-flat major, Op. 55-2 / F. Chopin: Nocturne in E-flat major, Op. 55-2
- L. v. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 6 in F major, Op.10-2 / L. v. Beethoven: Sonate für Klavier No.6 F-Dur, Op.10-2
F. Liszt: Ave Maria, S. 182 / F. Liszt: Ave Maria, S. 182
G. Fauré: Nocturne No. 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 74
F. Chopin: Scherzo No. 4 in E major, Op. 54
16:40

Yusuke Azuma
※Refusal to review

 Yusuke Azuma Bugstehude-Prokofiev: Prelude and Fugue in D minor
/Buxtehude=Prokofiev：Prelude and Fugue d-moll
Schumann: Piano Sonata No.1 in F sharp minor, Op.11
Brahms: Intermezzo E-dur op.116-4
Scriabin: Vers la Flamme
Break (15 minutes)
17:20 Hinako Saeki Hinako Saeki Ravel: Miroirs
・Enescu: Piano Suite No.2 op.10
17:45 Name withheld by request   - Bach: Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue in D minor BWV903
/Bach：Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue D Minor BWV903
Brahms: Piano Sonata No.2 F sharp
・Bartok: Piano Sonata Sz.80 / Bartok: Piano Sonata Sz.80
18:10 Shizuka Yamaguchi Shizuka Yamaguchi ・シマノフスキ：20のマズルカより第4番、第15番、第10番 Op.50／Szymanowski：20 mazurka No.4,No.15,No.10 Op.50
Faure: Theme and Variations in C sharp minor, Op.73
Rachmaninoff: Piano Sonata No.2 in B-flat minor, Op.36 (1913 version) / Rachmaninoff: Piano Sonata No.2 in b-moll, Op.36 (1913 version)