Mitsuki Nakajima

JAPAN
June 2, 2004

Mitsuki Nakajima was born in Japan in 2004. She is currently studying at the Tokyo College of Music. Among the prizes she has won are 1st prize at the 69th All Japan Student Music Competition, the Kanagawa Prefecture Governor’s Award at the 34th Kanagawa Music Competition (where she also performed with the Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra), 2nd prize at the 72nd All Japan Student Music Competition in Tokyo in the junior high school division, 2nd prize in the age-J section of the 18th Osaka International Music Competition (string division), 1st prize in the high school division of the 16th Cecilia International Music Competition, 2nd prize and the Iwatani prize (audience award) in the 92nd Japan Music Competition (violin division).

First round
Johann Sebastian Bach Adagio and Fugue from Sonata No. 3 in C major for Solo Violin, BWV 1005
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major K. 218 (first movement with cadenza)
Niccolò Paganini Caprice in E major Op. 1 No. 1, L’arpeggio

Second round
Vlad Maistorovici B.A.C.H., Passacaglia for Solo Violin
Ludwig van Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 3 in E flat major Op. 12
Sergei Rachmaninoff Vocalise Op. 34 No. 14

Semifinal
George Enescu Ménétrier from Impressions d’enfance Suite Op. 28
Maurice Ravel Violin Sonata No. 2 in G major M. 77
George Enescu Violin Sonata No. 2 in F minor Op. 6
Camille Saint-Saëns Étude Op. 52 No. 6, En forme de valse

Final
Niccolò Paganini Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major Op. 6

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