Kimika Hosoya, cello
Takumi Nagasaka, violin
Ayumu Yamanaka, piano

J.S.Bach from Inventions (Vn,Vc)
R. Schumann Milte's Flower Op.25 No.1 "Dedication" (Vn,Pf)
B. Bartok Romanian Folk Dances (Vc,Pf)
A. Piazzolla "Buenos Aires Summer" from "The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires" (Vn,Vc,Pf)
F. Mendelssohn Piano Trio No.2 in C minor, Op.66 (Vn,Vc,Pf)
*Track list is subject to change.

Kumiko Hosotani

 

Born in Hyogo Prefecture.
He studied at the Conservatorio di Musica Nazionale di Verona (Italy), where he graduated at the top of his class. He has won numerous chamber music competitions and toured throughout Italy and Russia as principal of the chamber orchestra "La Risonanza".
He then continued his studies at the Salzburg Mozarteum Graduate School and the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich.
He has performed as a soloist with the Verona Arena Orchestra and participated in the Salzburg Festival and the Affinis Festival.
She has been a member of the Hyogo Performing Arts Center Orchestra and Orchestra Japan, and has given recitals regularly since her return to Japan in 2013, as well as guest appearances with orchestras throughout Japan, appearances in the Sogakudo series with members of the NHK Symphony Orchestra, and a wide range of cello ensembles. He was invited to represent Japan at the 2019 Asian Cello Festival in Seoul.
Studied under Professors Tatehiro Saito, Toshiaki Hayashi, Enrico Bronzi, and Wen-Shing Yang, and participated in master classes throughout Europe, taking lessons with Mr. Frans Helmerson, Mr. Christoph Henkel, and others.

 

Ayumu Yamanaka

 

Born in Himeji City. Lives in Kobe City.
Graduated from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, and completed the master's program at the same university. She completed the soloist program at the Liszt Ferenc University of Music and Performing Arts, Hungary, with the highest honors.
First prize at the 21st Takarazuka Vega Music Competition, Gold Prize and Audience Prize at the 26th Settsu Music Festival. She has also won prizes in many other competitions. Semifinalist at the 11th Liszt International Piano Competition in the Netherlands. He received the 38th Kurokawa Rokuro Prize (Himeji Bunren) and the 43rd Himeji City Art and Culture Encouragement Prize. She has given recitals in Takarazuka, Ikeda, Omishima, Holland, Tokyo, and Himeji, and has appeared at the Himeji Parnassus Music Festival, Settsu City 50th Anniversary Concert, Liszt Festival (Budapest), Osaka Classics, and many other concerts. Recital Passio" on NHK-FM in 2020. She will perform with the Century Orchestra of Japan, the Yokohama Symphony Orchestra, and the Philoni Chamber Orchestra.
Based in Kobe, she is active as a soloist, chamber musician, and accompanist in the Kansai and Tokyo areas. He is a part-time lecturer at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, Department of Piano.

 

Twitter @AyumuYamanaka

 

Takumi Nagasaka

 

Born in Shimane, Japan.
Began playing the violin at the age of eight.
She has studied violin with Yuharu Kano, Mitsuru Ashihara, Yuko Mori, Anastasia Chevotaryova, Tokareva Nadezhda, Kemelman Diana, and Farbai Attila.
After completing a special performance course at the Moscow Conservatory of Music of Kurashiki Sakuyo University, he studied at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music in Hungary.
Recital at the Bartók Hall of the Hungarian Museum of Music History.
He has performed as a soloist with many orchestras including the Kurashiki Sakuyo University Orchestra conducted by Norichika Iimori, Okayama Philharmonic Orchestra, Danube Symphony Orchestra (Hungary), DNA Philharmonic, and Izumo Philharmonic Orchestra.
In 2017, he gave a well-received duo recital with Shu Yoshida, principal contrabassist of the NHK Symphony Orchestra.
Second prize in the violin section of the 1st Danube International Competition (Hungary).
In 2020, he will be appointed concertmaster of the Okayama Philharmonic Orchestra.
Part-time lecturer at the Faculty of Music, Kurashiki Sakuyo University, and part-time lecturer at the Music Course of Sanyo Gakuen High School.