Mayumi Kanagawa

USA
August 31, 1994

Mayumi Kanagawa, a Japanese-American violinist based in Berlin, is praised for her rich, dark sound and focused, engaging musicality, and has established herself as a versatile and refined soloist and chamber musician.
She has performed with many orchestras, including the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra, Belgian National Orchestra, Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, in repertoire ranging from Bach to Britten and Berg. Her talent has brought her to many outreach programmes and schools around the world, from San Francisco to Novosibirsk. She is currently an ambassador for El Sistema Japan’s new Ribbon project, bringing instruments and music education to children in the foster care system. She currently performs on a 1725 Wilhelmj Antonio Stradivarius violin, generously loaned by the Nippon Music Foundation.

First round
Johann Sebastian Bach Ciaccona from Partita No. 2 in D minor for Solo Violin, BWV 1004
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major K. 219 (first movement with cadenza)
Niccolò Paganini Caprice in A minor Op. 1 No. 24

Second round
Vlad Maistorovici B.A.C.H., Passacaglia for Solo Violin
Ludwig van Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 7 in C minor Op. 30
Eugène Ysaÿe Sonata No. 4 in E minor for Solo Violin Op. 27

Semifinal
George Enescu Ménétrier from Impressions d’enfance Suite Op. 28
Francis Poulenc Violin Sonata FP 119
George Enescu Violin Sonata No. 2 in F minor Op. 6
Pablo de Sarasate Introduction and Tarantella Op. 43

Final
Camille Saint-Saëns Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor Op. 61

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