Eptazar Select Concert - Nakako Yokoyama & Miyuki Washimiya

Profile of Nakako Yokoyama
Graduated from Toho Gakuen School of Music and completed the Soloist Diploma Course at the same school.
She has won prizes in various competitions, including the 5th prize in the International Tchaikovsky Competition.
She has given several ambitious recitals, including the Japanese premiere of Furtwängler's Violin Sonata No. 2 and a performance of Mozart's complete violin sonatas.
In 2009, her duo with Reie Takahashi of Biano was selected as one of the "Top Ten Concerts" by Ongaku no Tomo magazine.
She has also appeared in orchestral and chamber music concerts, including the Miyazaki International Music Festival and the Saito Kinen Orchestra. In addition, he has appeared on NHK-FM music programs, served as a judge for the All Japan Student Competition, and taught younger students.
In 2015, her second CD, "All Bach's Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin" was released and has been well received.
Official website https://www.nakako-yokoyama-violin.com/

Profile of Miyuki Washimiya
While a student at Toho Gakuen School of Music, Miyuki Washimiya studied in Paris at the recommendation of Mr. Puig-Roger, a leading figure in French music. After returning to Japan, she graduated from the same university.
She has won many prizes in competitions, including the second prize in the chamber music division of the UFAM International Competition, the third prize in the Japan Chamber Music Competition, and the second prize (the highest Japanese prize) in the two-piano duo competition in the two-piano four-hand division.
In 2013, she performed Grieg's piano concerto and Beethoven's piano concerto "Emperor" in one night in Singapore, receiving rave reviews in the press. She is highly acclaimed as a soloist and was selected as one of the "Great Pianists of Japan" in "Piano & Pianist" (Ongaku no Tomo Sha, 2018).
He is also active as a chamber musician, performing with Mischa Maisky and other renowned soloists in Japan and abroad, and as a member of the Omega Piano Trio.
She has released a number of CDs, and "Miyuki Washimiya Piano Recital" released in 2022 was selected as a special edition by "Ongaku Gendai" magazine.
Official website https://www.miyuki-washimiya.com/