Portrait der Teilnehmerin Rina Tanaka

Rina Tanaka

B. 2002, Japan
Rina Tanaka started to learn the violin at the age of four. At the age of nine, she held her first recital and debuted with the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra. She has won numerous awards such as the first prize at the 3rd International Junior Competition in Chiba or the first prize at the 7th Yokohama International Music Competition.

Tanaka is a scholarship holder at the Toho Gakuen College of Music. She studied violin with Tsugio Tokunaga, Kyoko Takezawa and Ayumu Sasaki and viola with Ryo Sasaki. She has already participated in masterclasses with Pavel Vernikov, Cho-Liang Lin, Lucie Robert and other renowned artists.

Tanaka performed in Prague, Weimar, Sion, Tokyo, Miyazaki and Kanazawa. She has also performed at various chamber music concerts, including the chamber music concert of the Toho Gakuen College of Music.

Repertoire

PRELIMINARY ROUND 1
Johann Sebastian Bach
Violin Sonata No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001

Akira Nishimura
Sonata III 'Characters of Flame' for Violin solo

PRELIMINARY ROUND 2
Franz Schubert
Violin Sonata in A major, D. 574

Eugène Ysaÿe
Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor ‘Ballade’, Op. 27

SEMIFINAL ROUND 1
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major, K. 218, movement 1 & 2

Béla Bartók
Divertimento, Sz 113 - 3. Allegro assai

SEMIFINAL ROUND 2
Joseph Haydn
String Quartet movement

Clara Schumann
Three Romances for Violin and Piano, Op. 22

Sergei Prokoviev
Violin Sonata No. 2 in D major, Op. 94b

Henryk Wieniawski
Fantaisie brillante sur des motifs l’opera 'Faust' de Gounod, Op. 20

FINAL ROUND
Enno Poppe
Feder (WP)

Johannes Brahms
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77
Joseph
Joachim