NAKAMURA Hitoshi (Baroque cello) Bach: Suite for Unaccompanied Cello, Fukuyama, Japan

Doors open 10:30 Concert begins 11:00 (*The concert starts in the morning)

Venue: Fukuyama Higashi Church of Christ Convention of Japan
(1-2-8 Higashimachi, Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Prefecture)

From the organizer
The long-awaited tour of Mr. Hitoshi Nakamura on the Sanyo Road, the second part of his Bach Unaccompanied Tour, will be performed on the 5-string cello. Please look forward to it.

(The same program will be performed in Okayama on November 2 (Sun.).


Profile
NAKAMURA Hitoshi (4-string & 5-string baroque cello)

Graduated from the University of Michigan, Department of Instrumental Music, first in his class, completed the Master's Program in Old Music Performance at the Juilliard School (as a special student), and the Master's Program in Old Music for Performers at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague. He participated in the 2015 Chateauqua Music Festival (USA), 2016 and 2017 Aspen Music Festival (USA), 2018 15th Pyeongchang Daegwallyeong Music Festival (Korea), 2022 Zoma Academy Zutphen (Netherlands) Winner of the Concerto Competition Bass Instruments category at the Aspen Music Festival in 2017, Winner of the 1st Prize in the Strings Division of the 1st Japan International Music Competition, 3rd Prize in the Melodic Instruments Division of the 34th International Old Music Competition in Yamanashi (no 1st Prize), and 2nd Prize in the Early Music Division of the 24th Osaka International Music Competition (highest prize). While attending the Juilliard School of Music, he participated in concert tours in Canada, Scandinavia, France, and New Zealand as a member of the Juilliard 415 Orchestra of Old Music. As a student at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague, he also participated in Side by Side, a joint concert with the 18th Century Orchestra. He has studied cello with Richard Aaron and Horacio Contreras, and baroque cello with Kristin von der Goltz, Lucia Swarts, Phoebe Carrai, and Enid Sutherland. She has also attended master classes with Clive Brown, Viola de Hoog, Elinor Frey, William Christie, Paul Agnew, and others. Currently based in the Kansai area.