Yamakage Raika
No. 31
Country: Japan
Date of birth: 19 November, 1999
Yamakage Raika studied at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna and obtained highest score in the first diploma exam and Awarded Benjamin Prize in 2022. He took part in masterclasses of such renowned musicians as professor Christian Altenburger, and was awarded first prize at the junior high school section of the Student Music Concours of Japan, third prize at the Josef Sivo International Competition in 2018 and at the Ysaÿe International Music Competition in 2022, among others. He already performed with Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra, several times at the Loisiarte Festival in Langenlois, Austria, during last year at the Beethoven Frühling Festival in Wiener Neustadt, Austria, at the Weissensee Klassik Festival in Weissensee, Austria and at the St. Gallen Musik Festival in St. Gallen (Austria). In 2023, he was selected as a Yamaha Scholaship Student.
Competition Repertoire
Preliminary
Bartók: 1. rapszódia // Rhapsody No. 1, BB 94a
J. S. Bach: 2. (a-moll) hegedűszonáta // Violin Sonata No. 2 in A minor, BWV 1003 – 2. Fuga
Semi-final
Bartók: Szonáta szólóhegedűre // Sonata for Solo Violin, BB 124 – 1. Tempo di ciaccona
Ravel: Tzigane
Beethoven: 7. (c-moll) hegedű-zongora szonáta // Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 7 in C minor, op. 30/2
Thomas Kornél: Fun-Tasto: Reflection and Exhilaration
Final
Bartók: 2. hegedűverseny // Violin Concerto No. 2, BB 117