All Japan Student Music Competition 1st Prize Duo HOW THE WEST WAS WON 2

Fl. Minami Kawai
Minami Kawai began playing the flute at the age of seven. Graduated from the music department of Nishinomiya High School in Hyogo Prefecture. Currently a first-year student in the Special Performance Course, Faculty of Music, Soai University. She won the Grand Prize in the flute division of the 8th Kariya International Music Competition for High School Students, the 2nd Prize and Audience Prize in the junior division of the 27th Lake Biwa International Flute Competition, the 1st Prize in the flute division of the 78th All Japan Student Music Competition for High School Students, and the Yuzuriha Prize in 2024, among others. He has studied under Kohei Konaka, Naohiro Yamakoshi, Mari Yamakoshi, Tomoko Kanekawa, and Nobutaka Shimizu.

Pf. Sara Tsujikura
Graduated from Nishinomiya High School of Music, Hyogo Prefecture. Currently a student at Kyoto City University of Arts. First Prize in the 77th All Japan Student Music Competition, High School Division (Nomura Prize, NHK Chairman's Prize, and Aiko Iguchi Prize at the same time).
Second prize (highest prize) in the high school division of the 33rd Japan Classical Music Competition. First Prize in the High School Division of the 22nd Takarazuka Vega Student Piano Competition, and the Hyogo Prefecture Yuzuriha Prize in 2023. Selected for the 33rd Takarazuka Vega Music Competition and the Takarazuka Musicians' Union Prize. Other awards. She has studied under Miho Yamamoto, Yoshiko Imaoka, and Hitoshi Kawachi.

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