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Aizu-Wakamatsu City
Date
Wednesday, October 12, 2005 at 18:30Venue
Aizu Fugado Performance HallProgram
- Suppe: Dichter und Bauer Ouverture
- Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto op.64
- Brahms: Symphony No.1 C minor op.68
Tickets (Tax included. Reserve seating.)
S:¥4,000 / A:¥3,000 / B:¥2,000Contact
Aizu Fugado Performance HallTel: +81-(0) 242-27-0900
Hanamaki City
Date
Thursday, October 13, 2005 at 19:00Venue
Hanamakishi BunkakaikanProgram
- Suppe: Dichter und Bauer Ouverture
- Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto op.64
- Brahms: Symphony No.1 C minor op.68
Tickets (Tax included. Reserve seating.)
Adult:¥4,000 / Student:¥2,000Contact
Hanamakishi BunkakaikanTel: +81-(0) 198-24-6511
Aomori City
Date
Friday, October 14, 2005 at 18:30Venue
Aomorishi BunkakaikanProgram
- Suppe: Dichter und Bauer Ouverture
- Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto op.64
- Brahms: Symphony No.1 C minor op.68
Tickets (Tax included. Reserve seating.)
¥3,000 / Senior or Student:¥2,000Contact
Aomorishi BunkakaikanTel: +81-(0) 17-773-7300
Rokkasho Village
Date
Saturday, October 15, 2005 at 18:30Venue
Cultural Exchange Plaza "SWANY"Program
- Suppe: Dichter und Bauer Ouverture
- Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto op.64
- Brahms: Symphony No.1 C minor op.68
Tickets (Tax included.)
Advanced Ticket:¥3,000 / Student¥1,500Ticket sold on the day of the concert:¥3,500 / Student:¥2,000
Contact
Rokkasho-mura Culture Promotion CorporationTel: +81-(0) 175-72-3400
Kamaishi City
Date
Sunday, October 16, 2005 at 18:30Venue
Kamaishi Shimin Bunka KaikanProgram
- Suppe: Dichter und Bauer Ouverture
- Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto op.64
- Brahms: Symphony No.1 C minor op.68
Tickets (Tax included.)
SS(Reserve seats):¥4,000 / S(Reserve seats):¥3,500 / A(Non-reserved seats):¥3,000 / B(Non-reserved seats):¥2,000* Tickets sold on the day of the concert:
SS(Reserve seats):¥4,500 / S(Reserve seats):¥4,000 / A(Non-reserved seats):¥3,500 / B(Non-reserved seats):¥2,500
Contact
Kamaishi Shimin Bunka KaikanTel: +81-(0) 193-22-2266
Fax: +81-(0) 193-22-3809
Profile
MATSUYAMA Saeka
MATSUYAMA Saeka was born in Nishinomiya City, Hyogo, Japan. She studied under ISHIKAWA Seiko and OGURI Machie until she moved to New York City where she currently resides. She has studied at The Juilliard School in New York City since 1990, received her Bachelorfs degree in 1999, and completed her Masterfs degree there. Her former teachers include: Robert Chen, now concertmaster of Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Dorothy Delay; and Glenn Dicterow, present concertmaster of New York Philharmonic. Currently she is pursuing her Artist Diploma at The Juilliard with Donald Weilerstein, Michael Gilbert, and Ronald Copes who is the 2nd violinist of the Juilliard String Quartet.
Her competition experience and success are impressive. She won 4th prizewinner at the "Queen Elizabeth of Belgium" International Music Competition in 2005 and won the First Prize, as well as an Audience Prize at the Sendai International Music Competition in Japan in 2004. Subsequent prizes include: 2nd Prize at the Hannover International Violin Competition in 2003; Grand Prize at the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra Competition in 2000; 2nd Prize and the special Orchestra Prize at Carl Nielsen International Violin Competition in 1999; 2nd Prize at the National Competition in Texas in 1998; and 2nd Prize and the Tchaikovsky Prize at the International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians in 1995. She was given 1st Prize at the Juilliard Pre-College Competitions in 1998, 1995, and 1992.
At the Juilliard School, she has received three major awards. From 1994 to 1999, she was the Dora Ruth Memorial Scholarship holder; in 1999, she, was given the Senior Achievement Award as she graduated from the Pre-College Division of Juilliard; and in 2003, she won the Jean Doyle Loomis Scholarship.
At the age of 9, she began participating in reputable summer festivals, such as: Meadowmount, Aspen Music Festival, Encore - School for Strings, Schleswig-Holstein Music Academy in Germany where she served as a Concertmaster in 2000, and Marlboro Music Festival in Vermont.
In 1999, her highly praised first live recording of Carl Nielsen Violin Concerto was released under Bridge Recordings.