Yuto Takezawa First Round
Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue B-flat minor BWV 867
Ludwig van Beethoven: Six Bagatelles op. 126
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 31 A-flat major op. 110
Born in Sapporo (Japan) in 1997, Yuto Takezawa started learning piano from the age of 4 years old. He graduated from Toho Gakuen University of Music with honors and is studying with Hisako Ueno and Shinji Ohno at the moment.
He has won multiple prizes at international competitions, including the second prize, Schumann prize, Beethoven-Haus-Prize and audience prize at Telekom International Piano Competition Bonn (2019) as well as the second prize and audience prize at „Ettore Pozzoli“ International Piano Competition (2021).
In addition to many appearances at national and international concerts, he is also active as a chamber musician which he studied with Nobuko Yamazaki and Shigeo Neriki.
Yuto Takezawa Second Round
Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata No. 27 in E minor, op. 90
Johannes Brahms: Six Pieces for Piano, op. 118
Robert Schumann: „Carnival Scenes from Vienna“, op. 26
Yuto Takezawa Semi-Final
Arnold Schönberg: Klavierstück op. 33b
Alban Berg: Sonate op. 1
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 24 F-sharp Major op. 78 („À Thérèse“)
Dmitri Schostakowitsch: 24 Preludes and Fugues op. 87, Prelude and Fugue No. 24 D minor
Yuto Takezawa Chamber Music Final
Tōru Takemitsu: „Rain tree sketch II“ (In memoriam Olivier Messiaen, 1992)
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Trio No. 5 E-flat Major op. 70/2
Yuto Takezawa Orchestra Final
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 G major, op. 58
Playing a wrong note is insignificant but playing without passion is unforgivable.
Ludwig van Beethoven
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