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TAKEHIRA KAMOGAWA

 

Takehira Kamogawa is a Japanese pianist who received his Master’s degree from the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris in 2026, where he studied with Florent Boffard and graduated with the highest honors and the congratulations of the jury. He earned his Bachelor’s degree from Tokyo University of the Arts with three special awards. His competition successes include First Prize at the Tokyo University of the Arts Piano Competition (2022) and the Marronnier 21 Concert Competition (2023), the Special Prize at the International Piano Competition of Ile-de-France (2023), and Fifth Prize at the Japan Classical Music Competition (2018). He has performed as a soloist with the Tochigi Symphony Orchestra and the Tokyo University of the Arts Philharmonia, and has given recitals in Japan and France.

PROGRAM

 

First round

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750): Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 903

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827): Piano Sonata No. 26 in E-Flat Major, Op. 81a “Les Adieux”

Franz Liszt (1811–1886): Grandes études de Paganini, S. 141: No. 3 in G-Sharp Minor, “La Campanella”

Second round

Alban Berg (1885–1935): Piano Sonata, Op. 1

Isaac Albéniz (1860–1909): Iberia, Book 2: No. 3, “Triana”

Johannes Brahms (1833–1897): Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24

Semifinal

Pierre Boulez (1925–2016): 12 Notations pour piano

Claude Debussy (1862–1918): Images, Book 2

Karen Tanaka (born 1961): Crystalline II for piano (1995)

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943): 6 Moments musicaux, Op. 16: No. 2 in E-Flat Minor, Allegretto

Franz Liszt (1811–1886): Réminiscences de Don Juan, S. 418

Final with Orchestra

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893): Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 23