Ryoji Hirota & Shika Yoshida Duo Recital

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Ryoji Hirota
Started playing the violin at the age of 7. He won the second prize in the high school division of the 76th All Japan Student Music Competition in Osaka, and was selected for the national competition. First prize and the Tokyo Newspaper Prize in the string section of the 1st Tokyo International Wind and Vocal Music Competition for High School Students. First Prize and the Mayor of Kyoto Prize in the high school division of the 9th Aoniyoshi Music Competition for stringed instruments at the General Stage. 1st Prize and Grand Prix at the 2nd Yokohama International Violin Competition. First Prize at the 12th Design K Music Competition. He was a member of the Super Kids Orchestra with Yutaka Sado (2021-2022), and a member of The MOST in JAPAN 2023, a performance at Kansai Performing Arts Academy's "Gathering of Young Performers with High Expectations 2023. Currently a first-year student at Tokyo University of the Arts.

Shika Yoshida
Shika Yoshida began playing the violin at the age of three. She won the 3rd Prize and the Mayor Prize of Kobe at the 25th Japan Performers' Competition. She won the 25th Kobe International Music Competition, B Division, Excellence Prize and the Kobe Newspaper Award. She won the 5th prize at the 30th Japan Classical Music Competition. Grand Prize at the 23rd Kansai String Competition. Awarded the Encouragement Prize in the Music Division of the 35th Kyoto Art Festival. He was a member of Yutaka Sado and Super Kids Orchestra (2016~2021). A graduate of the Pacific Music Festival (PMF) 2022 Orchestra Academy. She has studied with Yumiko Matsumura, Riko Murase, and Ami Oike, and is currently studying with Asako Urushihara and Naori Tamai. After graduating from Kyoto Horikawa Music High School, she is currently a third-year student at the Faculty of Music, Tokyo University of the Arts.