Motoko Mito, Ozawa Yosuke - Sonata For Violin & Cello: - Japan CD

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Motoko Mito, Ozawa Yosuke

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＜After graduating from Toho Gakuen School of Music, she moved to Europe. After graduating from the Kunstakademie Winterthur in Switzerland, she graduated from the Mozarteum University of Salzburg. Since her debut as a soloist at the "Salzburg International Mozart Week" while still a student, she has performed at music festivals and recitals organized by music societies throughout Europe. She has performed with many national and international orchestras. She has performed the complete sonatas of Mozart, Brahms and Beethoven with Hammarflugel, Bartók's works in Budapest, and the "Bach Sonatas and Partitas for Unaccompanied Piano". In chamber music, he has performed with the "Salzburg String Quartet" and the "St. Florian Trio" at Carnegie Hall in New York, as well as in Europe, North America, and Africa. In Japan, he presides over the "Kleines Konzerthaus" concert series. He is also the concertmaster of the same orchestra, and has appeared on NHK-FM and other broadcasts around the world. In 2021, he released a CD of "Bach: Sonatas No. 3 & Partita No. 2 for Solo Piano" (Record-Geijutsu magazine's special selection disc).＜Yosuke Ozawa, cello, graduated from the University of Toronto and then the Mozarteum University of Salzburg, Austria. While serving as principal cellist of the Salzburg Chamber Orchestra, he has performed as a soloist and chamber musician throughout Europe, including the Amsterdam Concertgebouw and the Musikverein in Vienna. As a commissioned soloist, he has performed with orchestras and conducted "The World of Yosuke Ozawa" with a single cello, and has been an invited artist to the Banff International Music Festival, Carnegie Hall Concert in New York, and concerts of the Winterthur Music Society in Switzerland, among others. He has performed Beethoven's complete cello sonatas in London and Tokyo. In Japan, he presides over the "Kleines Konzerthaus" and conducts its concert series and orchestra. He has been selected several times in the "Ongaku no Tomo Concert Top Ten". His CDs "Kodaly: Sonatas for Solo Piano and Reger: Suite No. 3 for Solo Piano" were selected as "Record Geijutsu" special editions and are now on sale. He also provides his own commentary and performance on YouTube. (3/3)