Nao Tomura Piano Recital

This is an award-winning recital by the top prize winner of the Hida Kawai Music Competition, which has been held in Hida City, Gifu Prefecture, for more than 20 years. The Hida Kawai Music Competition is held every August with the aim of "fostering young musicians in Hida City.
Ms. Nao Tomura, who won the first prize and the Grand Prix at the 22nd competition last year, will perform at this year's recital. The program will feature Brahms and Beethoven, and will be very challenging to listen to.
In addition to Ms. Tomura's solo performance, please look forward to her collaboration with Eiji Arai (Principal Guest Concertmaster of the Century Orchestra of Japan) and Hiroyuki Kaneki (Principal Cellist of the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra), who will serve as judges for the competition.

Performers
Nao Tomura
Born in Kyoto, Japan in 2001.
After graduating from Kyoto Horikawa Music High School, she is currently a senior at Tokyo University of the Arts.
She won the second prize in the high school division of the 73rd All Japan Student Music Competition in Osaka, and was selected for the national competition. First prize at the 20th Osaka International Music Competition Age-H. Won the Gold Prize and the Chunichi Shimbun Award in both the A and B divisions of the 36th Aichi Piano Competition for high school students. Won the Excellence Prize and the Audience Prize at the 7th Kariya International Music Competition. First prize in the 4th Galax City Music Competition, and performed with the Oto-no-Izumi Orchestra at the commemorative concert for the winners. He won the first prize and the grand prize at the 22nd Hida Kawai Music Competition, and attended the Hida Chamber Music Seminar in Spring 2023. She has won prizes in many other competitions and performed in many concerts. She has studied piano under Seiko Hatano, Kazuyo Matsui, Shinya Okahara, Shohei Sekimoto, Kazumasa Matsumoto, and Hiroshi Arimori, and fortepiano under Takuko Ogura and Chie Hirai.