Konoka Suzuki & Anna Horinouchi Spring Concert

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Konoka Suzuki
Born in Nagoya. Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts after studying music at Kikuri High School in Nagoya. Currently a first-year student in the master's program of the Graduate School of Music at the same university. Studied piano under Midori Sano, Hideto Nishikawa, and Chiharu Sakai. Studied fortepiano under Takuko Ogura and chamber music under Susumu Aoyagi, Kenji Nakaki, and Hiroyuki Kato. He won the Gold Prize and the Chunichi Shimbun Award at the 35th Aichi Piano Competition. Grand Prize at the 5th Kariya International Music Competition. Selected for the 69th and 70th All Japan Student Music Competition in Nagoya. Attended master classes at the Kawai Russian Piano School in Tokyo and the Kirishima International Music Festival.

Anna Horinouchi
Born in Nara Prefecture. She was selected for the 66th and 69th All Japan Student Music Competitions in Osaka, the Grand Prize and Hyogo Prefecture Board of Education Prize at the 17th Kobe International Music Competition, and the Silver Prize in the University and Graduate School Division of the Japan Bach Competition. Second prize (highest prize) at the 28th Japan Classical Music Competition for High School Girls, and performed with an orchestra at the prize winners' concert. She has won prizes in many other competitions and has performed in many concerts. In August last year, she gave a solo recital at Kawai Umeda Concert Salon "Jouet. She has studied under Kaoru Takaishi, Reiko Kobayashi, Nozomu Sugawara, and Chiharu Sakai. After attending Kyoto Horikawa Music High School in Kyoto, she graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts.