Tomohiko MIZUTANI

03 April 1992

Japan

He studied at the Osaka College of Music, graduating with a master’s degree in 2018 as a scholarship student, writing his thesis about Béla Bartók. As a soloist he won several prizes at national competitions in his home country, where he also works as a chamber musician. In December 2018 he played the piano concerto written by Chiharu Wakabayashi as a world premiere. In January 2019 his recital was held in Kobe, got favorite notices. Up to the present, he has been attending master classes by Akira Wakabayashi, Henri Barda, Anne Queffélec and Pascal Devoyon, among others. He studied with Keiji Serizawa, Tomoko Yokota, Susumu Aoyagi, Ayami Serizawa and Ikuyo Nakamichi, currently participating in classes at Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, Budapest, with Gábor Eckhardt.

REPERTOIRE:

PRELIMINARY

Bartók: Romanian Folk Dances, BB 68

Dohnányi: Suite nach altem Stil, op. 24 – 2. Allemande

Liszt: Grandes Études de Paganini – Étude No. 3 in G-sharp minor (ʻLa campanellaʼ)

SEMI-FINAL

Bartók: Dance Suite, BB 86b

Haydn: Keyboard Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, Hob. XVI:46 1st Movement

Dániel Dobos: Drumul Dracului

FINAL

Liszt: Piano Sonata in B minor

Ravel: Menuet sur le nom de Haydn

GRAND FINAL

Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 3, BB 127