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Yuki Amako

Year of birth: 1999
Country: Japan

Yuki Amako (1)
Yuki Amako (2)
Yuki Amako (3)

Yuki Amako is currently studying under professor P. Gililov at the Mozarteum University Salzburg, having previously attended the Tōhō Gakuen School of Music with professor N. Nakai. He has won numerous international piano competitions, including 2nd prize at the Tbilisi International Piano Competition and the Johann Nepomuk Hummel International Piano Competition and 1st prize at the Student Music Concours of Japan. He has performed with many orchestras, including the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, the Armenian State Symphony Orchestra, the Georgian Philharmonic Orchestra and the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra.

Programme

1st round

Ludwig van Beethoven
Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op. 101
     I. Etwas lebhaft, und mit der innigsten Empfindung. Allegretto, ma non troppo
     II. Lebhaft, marschmäßig. Vivace alla marcia
     III. Langsam und sehnsuchtsvoll. Adagio, ma non troppo, con affetto
     IV. Geschwind, doch nicht zu sehr, und mit Entschlossenheit (Swiftly, but not overly, and with     determination). Allegro

Frédéric Chopin
Étude Op. 10, No. 1 in C major
Nocturne in B major, Op. 62, No. 1

Igor Stravinsky 
Trois mouvements de Petrouchka
     I. Danse russe 
     II. Chez Pétrouchka 
     III. La semaine grasse

2nd round

César Franck
Prelude, Chorale and Fugue, FWV 21 

Sergei Bortkiewicz
Sonata No. 1 in B major, Op. 9
     I. Allegro ma non troppo
     II. Andante mesto e molto espressivo
     III. Presto

Franz Liszt
Années de pèlerinage, Deuxième année: Italie, S. 161, No. 7
     Après une lecture du Dante: Fantasia quasi sonata

3rd round

Sergei Rachmaninoff 
Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor, Op. 30
     I. Allegro, ma non tanto
     II. Intermezzo: Adagio
     III. Finale: Alla breve

Prizes received

  • 2nd prize, Johann Nepomuk Hummel International Piano
    Competition, Bratislava, Slovakia, 2024
  • 2nd prize, Tbilisi International Piano Competition, Tbilisi, Georgia, 2022
  • 3rd prize, Student Music Concours of Japan, Tokyo, Japan, 2018
  • 1st prize, Student Music Concours of Japan, Tokyo, Japan, 2015