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Yukino Kano (solo piano recital)

Tue Feb 23rd 2010, 1:15–2:00 pm ◀ This event has finished
Bristol Cathedral, College Green, Bristol, BS1 5TJ

Programme

• Mozart: Piano Sonata K.545 in C major
     Allegro
     Andante
     Allegretto
• Chopin/Liszt: 6 Polish Songs
     The Bridegroom
     Spring
     The Ring
     A Drinking Song
     My Darling
     Home
• Debussy: Masques – D'un cahier d'esquisses – L'isle joyeuse
  

Artist info

Born in Japan in 1984, Yukino Kano began playing the piano at the age of six. She was awarded 3rd prize in the Lagny-sur-Marne International Piano Competition in France in 2009.

In 2002, she won the Prize in the ‘Dorothy MacKenzie Piano Competition’ in New York. Soon after that she performed at the prestigious Carnegie Hall (Weill Recital Hall) with other distinguished pianists. In 2004 she went on to become one of the finalists at the Ettlingen Piano Competition and received the Haydn Prize and the Encouragement Award. In May 2006, she won the 5th Prize at the Calabria International Piano Competition in Italy and performed with the Mihail Jora Symphony Orchestra.

Yukino made her concerto début in Tokyo in 2005 and performed Mozart’s Piano Concerto K.414 with Ensemble Stern and the following year she made her solo début, also in Tokyo. She has performed in many countries such as U.K. (performances include Colston Hall and St. Martin-in-the-Fields), Austria (Salzburg Palace), Lithuania, U.S., India and Japan including the solo works and chamber music. In this year 2008, she performed in the festivals which include Schubert Festival and Messiaen Festival (organized by Southbank Centre), also gave the All Debussy Recitals in Tokyo and Nagoya.

She graduated from the Royal Academy of Music with first class honours in 2008 and finished her study at the Academy on the Masters course. She has been awarded several prizes at the Academy such as the Liversedge award, the Francis Simms Prize, the Greta GM Parkinson Prize and the Norah Seary Charitable Trust Award. She is generally supported by the William Barry Trust and Yellow Angel Foundation to study in London.

Venue: Bristol Cathedral

Bristol Cathedral is situated in the middle of the city at the bottom of Park Street. It was founded in 1140, but was built gradually over a period of 700 years. The Cathedral hosts numerous events and concerts throughout the year. Many of these are open to the public, and some are free, including the regular lunchtime concerts on Tuesdays.

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