Akiko Tominaga

Age:
32

Country of Birth:
Japan

Country of Citizenship:
Japan

Currently Residing In:
Canada

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Musical Selection

Akiko Tominaga is a native of Japan. She began her piano studies at age four and made her solo debut in 1992. Since then, she has performed at various venues and concert halls in the U.S., Canada and Europe. Her solo and chamber performances have been broadcast on CBC/Radio-Canada. In 2006, she was invited to Poland for a concert tour. Her recent projects include a recording of Bach's Goldberg Variations by the Université of Montréal. In past years, her engagements have included a concert tour of Canada with members of the Israel Symphony, premiering works by Stewart Grant and Lior Navok, and a concert in Chicoutimi, Quebec, with the principal members of the Quebec Symphony. In 2003 she became the laureate of the OUM Competition, which was followed by a performance of Beethoven's Third Piano Concerto. Other solo experiences include performances with the Great Bridgeport Symphony, Young Artist Philharmonic and Reading Symphony in Pennsylvania. She has also been a soloist with the Interschool Orchestra of New York at the Lincoln Center. She is currently active in teaching as a part-time lecturer at the Université of Montréal. This season's engagements include concerts in Japan and the Prairies Debut Tour with marimbist Anne-Julie Carron. Ms. Tominaga holds a bachelor of music from The Curtis Institute of Music, where she studied with Eleanor Sokoloff, and an artist diploma form the Royal Conservatory of Music, where she studied with John Perry. She is now currently pursuing her doctorate at the Université of Montréal with Marc Durand.

Solo Repertoire

Johann Sebastian Bach:
Toccata in C Minor, BWV 911

Ludwig van Beethoven:
Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 2, No. 2

Robert Schumann:
Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6

Gabriel Fauré:
Ballade, Op. 19

Alexander Scriabin:
Sonata No. 2 in G-Sharp Minor, Op. 19 "Sonate-fantasie"

Henri Dutilleux:
Sonata for Piano

Required Piece

Aaron Copland:
Piano Sonata: Vivace (2nd movement)

Trio

Felix Mendelssohn:
Trio in C Minor, Op. 66

Concertos

Ludwig van Beethoven:
Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37

Frédéric Chopin:
Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 21

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