Concert de midi de la ville de Liège

A propos des artistes

• SEZAKI Asuka

   

  Asuka Sezaki started her violin at the age of six. After studying under Prof. Chikashi Tanaka, Prof. Seiji Kageyama and the solo concert master Masafumi Hori, of NHK Symphony Orchestra, she graduated as top of the class of Tokyo National of Fine Arts and Music. She furthered her study with Prof. Regis Pasquier, Prof. Jean-Jacque Kantrow and Prof. Christian Ivaldi at the Concervatoire National Superieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (graduated school) under a full scholarship from the Agency for Cultural Affairs of Japan. She became Prize Winner of the 64th Japan Music Competition and won the 3rd place in the Leopord Morzart International Competition in 1995. In the following year of 1996, she also won the 4th place in the Henryk Wieniawski International Competition. 2nd place (without 1st) of the Trio di Trieste International Chamber Music Competition in 2003. Prize Winner of Forval scholarship Stradivarius Competition in 2006. She has won many other awards and scholarships.

   

  Since her earlier years, she has given many recitals as well as concerts with orchestra such as Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, Japan Phillharmonic Orchestra, NHK Symphony Chamber Music Orchestra, Sinfonie-Orchetra der Bayerischen Rundfunk (Germany), Bretagne Orchestra and Bourgone Chamber Orchestra (France). In addition to being a soloist in recitals and with orchestras, she is active in chamber music in Japan and abroad. Her debut CD of Eugene Ysaye: All sonatas for violin solo was released in April, 2007 and awarded special selection by "Record Geijutsu".

   

• IWAZUMI Ray

   

  Ray Iwazumi, violinist, is widely respected as a performer of uncommon musicianship and integrity. Guided by the artistic principles of his mentors Dorothy DeLay and Igor Oistrakh, his dedication to music finds expression in a multi-faceted career as a violinist, composer, lecturer, writer, editor, and teacher.

   

  Ray performs worldwide as soloist and chamber musician, and is frequently invited to present lectures and masterclasses at prestigious institutions in the U.S.A., Europe, and Japan. He pursues a concert career that is highly unusual with its intense combination of virtuosity, scholarship, research, and performance.

   

  With a keen interest in musicological research, Ray’s in-depth research on Eugène Ysaÿe’s Six Sonates pour violon seul, Op. 27 has brought forth significant findings on these landmark masterworks, and his concerts and recording of these works have been critically acclaimed. He also shares his leading expertise of this repertoire through lectures and lecture-performances and has written several articles on the subject, featured in The Strad, MLA Notes, along with a multi-year series in the Japanese journal String.

   

  Ray has cataloged the rare materials and manuscripts related to Ysaÿe at The Juilliard School, is active as an editor and music research consultant, and is faculty at The Juilliard School. He has edited the Scherzo-Tarantella of Henryk Wieniawski, and is currently editing the Concerto in A minor of Henry Vieuxtemps for G. Henle Verlag.

   

  Ray completed his B.M., M.M., and D.M.A., degrees, and was awarded the Richard French Prize at The Juilliard School, under the guidance of Dorothy DeLay and Hyo Kang, and also completed two Masters degrees awarded “with highest distinction” in violin and chamber music at the Brussels Royal Conservatory under the guidance of Igor Oistrakh.