The 4th Osaka International Mandolin Festival

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Osaka:
Date: October 11, 2008 (Saturday)
Concert1 – Concert starts: 14:00
Concert2 – Concert starts: 17:00
Location: The Phoenix Hall
c/o Nissay Dowa General Insurance Co. Ltd.
4-15-10 Nishi-Tenma, Kita-ku, Osaka 530-0047 Japan
Tokyo:
Date: October 13, 2008 (Monday)
Concert1 – Concert starts: 13:00
Concert2 – Concert starts: 16:00
Location: The Hakuju Hall
c/o HAKUJU INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SCIENCE CO.,LTD.
1-37-5 Tomigaya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, 151-0063 Japan

Concert1 – Gala concert by the winners of The 3rd Osaka International Mandolin Competition.

♪Toru Izumi (3rd Osaka International Competition 3rd Prize, Japan)
  • Ranieri: Mandolin Concerto in D major
    Piano: Tomoko Sadayasu
♪Anne Wolf (3rd Osaka International Competition 2nd Prize, Germany)
  • Calace: Prelude No.3
  • Grafschmidt: Joinville
  • Yasuo Kuwahara: A Gleam in Winter
    * Osaka performances only
  • Yasuo Kuwahara: Within the Fence
    Mandola: Yasunobu Inoue
  • Vivaldi: Mandolin Concerto in C major (Arr. Takashi Kubota)
    * Tokyo performances only
  • Vivaldi: Concerto in D major (Arr. Takashi Kubota)
  • Co-starring:
  • ARTE MANDOLINISTICA (Osaka)
    Conductor: Yasunobu Inoue
  • KUBOTA PHILOMANDOLINEN ORCHESTER (Tokyo)
    Conductor: Takashi Kubota
♪Sabine Marzé-Valet (3rd Osaka International Competition 1st Prize, France)
  • Sforgi di Pisa: Duo Nr.3 fur zwei Mandolinen
    Mandolin: Natallia Korsak
  • Strack: Mandolin Concerto in B minor
  • Baumann: Concerto Capriccioso
  • Co-starring:
  • ARTE MANDOLINISTICA (Osaka)
    Conductor: Yasunobu Inoue
  • Ensemble Testa Calda (Tokyo)
    Conductor: Makoto Sakurai

Concert2 – Transmission to the future

♪Daigo Marumoto (2nd Osaka International Composition Competition 3rd Prize, Japan)
  • Daigo Marumoto: AZZURRO for Mandolin solo
  • Daigo Marumoto: ROSSO (Worldpremiere)
♪Go Mochizuki (3rd Osaka International Competition second place, Japan)
  • Grafschmidt: Approximacao
  • Mayuko Ando: One of a “Mandolinist”
  • Hiroaki Takaha: Moon on the water
    * Tokyo performances only
  • Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen
    Piano: Hiroaki Takaha
    * Tokyo performances only
♪Keizo Ishibashi (1st Osaka International 2nd Prize, 2nd Osaka International Composition Competition 2nd Prize)
  • Keizo Ishibashi: Deep Obsession
    (2nd Osaka International Composition Competition Winners)
  • Keizo Ishibashi: Moon In The Glass (Worldpremiere)
  • Ysaye: Sonata No. 3 “Ballad”
♪Chiaki Masukawa (18th JMU 1st Prize, Japan)
  • Munier: Love Song
  • Yasuo Kuwahara: Improvised Poem
  • Calace: Prelude No. 1
♪Ayako Yokota (18th JMU 3rd Prize, Japan)
  • Yasuo Kuwahara: Perpetual Movement
  • Yasuo Kuwahara: Between the time – Requiem for 1.17 (for mandolin and tape)
♪Natallia Korsak (1st Osaka International 1st Prize, Belarus)
  • Yasuo Kuwahara: A Dumb Door
  • Yasuo Kuwahara: Rail-Road Song
    2nd Mandolin: Yasunobu Inoue
  • Ysaye: Sonata No. 3 “Ballad”
♪Yasunobu Inoue (Osaka International Mandolin Festival general director, Japan)
  • Shuji Kozakura: Impromptu for Mandolin solo (repertoire of 5th Osaka International Mandolin Competition, Worldpremiere)
  • Ippo Tsuboi: Mandolin Concerto “Lawlessman” (Worldpremiere)
    (2nd Osaka International Composition Competition 1st Prize)
    Piano: Tomoko Sadayasu