SARA WATANABE

Sara Watanabe was born in Japan in 2005 and began playing the violin at the age of three.

She study with Professor Machie Oguri and Professor Koichiro Harada at Tokyo College of Music High School as a scholarship student.

She is semi-finalist of 2019 Louis Spohr International Violin Competition.

In 2019 she took part in the Mozarteum International Summer Academy and studied with Professor Zakhar Bron.

She has also won numerous prizes in Japan.

In 2018 She won first prize at All Student Music Competition Osaka tournament of Japan.

In 2021 she passed Hamano JACK solist audition and played Tchaikovsky concerto with Hamano Jack Orchestra.

Furthermore, she won first prize at 26th Kobe International Music Competition and second prize at 24th Himeji Parnassus Music Competition.

PROGRAMME

FIRST ROUND

SESSION 1

J.S. BACH: Sonata No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001
E. YSAŸE: Sonata No. 5, Op. 27

SESSION 2

L. VAN BEETHOVEN: Sonata No. 7 in C minor. Op. 30, No. 2
F. KREISLER: Syncopation
E. YSAŸE/C. SAINT-SAËNS: Caprice d’après L’Etude en Forme de Valse, Op. 52, No. 6

SEMI-FINALS

G. FAURÉ: Sonata No. 1 in A major, Op. 13
KOH CHENG JIN: Before Daybreak
I. STRAVINSKY: Duo Concertant

FINALS

W.A. MOZART: Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, K. 478

GRAND FINAL

P.I. TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35