Hiroka Matsumoto
Profile
An emerging violinist Hiroka Matsumoto was born in Tokyo in April 1995. She started playing the violin at the age of four. When she was seven her talent was celebrated by Prof. Zakhar Bron as “Ms. Matsumoto, who is extremely gifted and blessed a huge potential capacity, will undoubtedly grow into a unique musical personality”. Hiroka gave her first recital in Budapest when she was nine years old.Hiroka Matsumoto has won numerous awards such as the Second Prize at the 10th Wieniawski and Lipinski International Competition in 2006; the First Prize in the elementary school students division of the 61st Student Music Concours of Japan in 2007; the first Yehudi Menuhin Next Generation Award from Kronberg Academy in Germany in 2009; the Ishikawa Music Academy Award in 2009; and the ABC Music Award in 2010. A scholarship provided by Yamaha Music Foundation has been supporting Hiroka since 2009.
In December 2009 in Tokyo, Hiroka had an honor to play the infant violin which was used by the young Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and is owned by the International Mozarteum Foundation for the first time outside of Austria.
Hiroka Matsumoto has performed many solo recitals and concertos in Japan and Europe, appearing as a soloist with Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra, Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa, Japan Century Symphony Orchestra, New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, Liszt Ferenc Chamber Orchestra and Györ Philharmonic Orchestra of Hungary, playing various violin concertos of composers including but not limited to Beethoven, Paganini, Mendelssohn, Sibelius, Tchaikovsky.
Currently Hiroka studies with Prof. Koichiro Harada at the Toho Gakuen School of Music and with Prof. Gerard Poulet. She constantly receives advices also from such renowned professors as Zakhar Bron, Ana Chumachenko, Masafumi Hori, Nam Yun Kim, Oleh Krysa, Regis Pasquier, and Krzysztof Wegrzyn.
Concert
| Date | May 20,2012（Sun）16：00 |
| Venue | ACT CITY HAMAMATSU |
| Hiroka Matsumoto Violin Recital [ Performer] Hiroka Matsumoto（Violin） [Program] Stravinsky：Duo concertante Franck：Violin Sonata C major Sarasate：Zigeunerweisen etc. [Price] \2,500 Student\1,000 [Information] Hamamatsu Cultural Foundation 053-451-1114 |
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| Date | September 20,2012（Thu）19：00 |
| Venue | Suginami Koukaido |
| [Performer] Keiko Mitsuhashi（Conductor） Hiroka Matsumoto（Violin） Japan Philhamonic Oerchestra [Program] L.v.Beethoven：Violin Concerto L.v.Beethoven：Symphony No.5 etc. [Price] S￥5,000 A￥4,000 B￥3,000 On Sale from June 16,2012 [Information] Suginami Kokaido Ticket Center 03-5347-4450 |
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