Yoko Hagino

Age:
32

Country of Birth:
Japan

Country of Citizenship:
Japan

Currently Residing In:
USA

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Yoko Hagino was born and raised in Japan, where she began her piano studies at the age of four. As a child she performed her own compositions, which took her to Europe and the U.S., including performances as a concert soloist with the Czech Symphony, University of Southern California Symphony, Kyoto City Symphony and Ensemble Orchestra Kanazawa. Ms. Hagino won the second prize in the Steinway Society Piano Competition, second prize in the First International Chamber Music Competition, second prize of the All-Japan Selective Competition of the International Mozart Competition and also won a prize in the Ninth Chamber Music Competition of Japan in 1999. She received her bachelor's and master's degrees with honors from Tokyo National University, where she won its concerto competition. She earned an artist diploma from the Longy School of Music, where she studied with Victor Rosenbaum and also won the school concerto competition. Ms. Hagino completed a performance diploma at Boston Conservatory, where she was a student of Michael Lewin and received the Churchill Scholarship. She has been invited to play at the Royal Academy Recital Series at Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Bösendorfer Piano Recital Series in Tokyo, Japan; Webster Concerto Series in Hanover, NH; Harvard Musical Association Boston Steiner Hall and at Steinway and Sons in Kamen, Germany. She also appeared live on Suisse Romande Radio in Switzerland in 2003.

Solo Repertoire

Joseph Haydn:
Sonata in A-Flat Major, Hob. XVI/46

Franz Schubert:
Wanderer Fantasy in C Major, Op. 15, D. 760

Frédéric Chopin:
Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise, Op. 22

César Franck:
Prelude, Chorale and Fugue

Sergei Rachmaninov:
Prelude in E Major, Op. 32, No. 3
Prelude in F Minor, Op. 32, No. 6
Etude-tableau in D Major, Op. 39, No. 9

Franz Liszt/Franz Schubert:
Das Sterbeglöcklein
Ständchen von Shakespeare

Sergei Prokofiev:
Sonata No. 6 in A Major, Op. 82

Required Piece

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

Trio

Ludwig van Beethoven:
Trio in B-Flat Major, Op. 97, "Archduke"

Concertos

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

Sergei Rachmaninov:
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43

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