Bartók World Competition

Competitors passed through to the Preliminary

Hasegawa, Eriko

Hasegawa, Eriko

No. 4

Country: Japan

Date of birth: 7 June, 1996

Between 2022 and 2025, ERiko Hasegawa pursued postgraduate research in piano performance at Tokyo College of Music, alongside teaching positions at Toda-Koen Music School and the Tokyo Metropolitan High School of the Arts. She has received advanced piano instruction from Seizo Azuma, Katsunori Ishii, and Gábor Farkas, with further studies in chamber music and musical analysis under Satoshi Sando and Ichiro Nodaira. In 2022, she earned recognition at the 35th Ichikawa New Artist Competition (Excellent Award), followed by selection as a finalist in the 6th Ishikawa International Piano Competition. In 2025, participation in the Liszt Academy Seminar in Sapporo led to selection for the Outstanding Participants’ Concert and recognition as the best participant, with an invitation to give a solo recital in Budapest in spring 2026. Performance engagements over the past three years include invited solo recitals in the Steinway Salon Tokyo Concert Series (2022–2023), a well-received solo recital in Tokyo (2023), and appearances in various piano duo and chamber music concerts through 2024. Her continued artistic development has been pursued through a balance of pedagogical and performance activities.

Competition Repertoire

Preliminary

D. Scarlatti: E-dúr szonáta // Keyboard Sonata in E major, K. 531

Bartók: Három burleszk // Three Burlesques, BB 55, op. 8c

Liszt: Transzcendens etűdök // Études d’exécution transcendante » 7. Eroica

Semi-final

Bartók: Három csíkmegyei népdal // Three Hungarian Folksongs from Csík, BB 45b

Bartók: Két román tánc // Two Romanian Dances, BB 56, op. 8a » 1. Allegro vivace

Beethoven: 30. (E-dúr) zongoraszonáta // Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, op. 109

Hanuri Lee: Vertigineux

Solo final

Bartók: Improvizációk magyar parasztdalokra // Improvisations on Hungarian Peasant Songs, BB 83, op. 20

Liszt: 1. ballada // Ballade No. 2

Debussy: Képek, 1. kötet // Images, Book 1

Grand final

Liszt: Esz-dúr zongoraverseny // Piano Concerto in E-flat major