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Aoi Saito

VIOLIN

Nationality: Japan
Age: 27
Stage: Semifinal​

Repertoire: 
STAGE ONE - SELECTION: F. Schubert, Violin Sonata A major D574; J. Sibelius, Violin Concerto, I. mov
STAGE TWO - SEMIFINAL: J.S. Bach, Sonata No. 2 in A minor, BWV 1003, Fuga, Andante

EDUCATION
2021-currently: Berlin University of the Arts, Master of Music - 2016-2020: Tokyo University of the Arts, Violin, Bachelor

COMPETITIONS
Balik Prize at the Villars Music Academy in Villars, Switzerland 2023 - 6th prize at the Michael Hill International Violin Competition, New Zealand 2023 - Selected as a live round participant for the Concours musical international de Montréal (CMIM) 2023 - Semi-finalist in the 12th International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition in Helsinki, Finland 2022 - 1st Prize Violinwettbewerb der Ibolyka-Gyarfas-Stiftung, Berlin 2021 - 1st Prize and Grand Prix at Japan Player’s Competition 2019 - Ataka Prize and Ryohei Miyata Scholarship at the Tokyo University of the Arts 2019 - 1st Prize at 23rd Kobe International Music Competition, Japan 2018 - Fukushima Prize at the Tokyo University of the Arts 2017

PERFORMANCE
Prizewinner concert at the Deutschen Musikinstrumentenfonds, 2024 - Jour Fixe at the Musikinstumenten-Museum Berlin as a gust member of Viatores Quartett, 2024 - Lunchtime Concert at the Berlin Philharmonie as a guest of Viatores Quartett, 2024 - Recital in Berlin, 2022 - “Lunchtime Concert” Recital Series in Nippon Music Foundation, Tokyo 2020 - Violin Concerto by J.Sibelius with Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, 2020 - Violin Concerto by Shostakovich with “Geidai Philharmonia Orchestra” conducted by Mo. Zsolt Nagy

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