Virtual Masterclass Series: Nobuko Imai (Viola)
4 October • 4:00pm
Steven Baxter Recital StudioPROGRAMME
ARNOLD BAX
Viola Sonata
I. Molto moderato – Allegro
HUANG WANXINYI (B.Mus4), viola
LIU JIA, piano
BRAHMS
Viola Sonata in F Minor
I. Allegro appassionato
CAO LAN (B.Mus4), viola
LIU JIA, piano
VIEUXTEMPS
Viola Sonata in B-flat Major
I. Maestoso – Allegro
ZENG ZIYAN (B.Mus3), viola
LIU JIA, piano
BARTOK
Viola Concerto
I. Allegro moderato
JOELLE HSU MIN (B.Mus3), viola
LIU JIA, piano
ABOUT THE ARTIST
With her exceptional talent, musical integrity, and charisma, Nobuko Imai is considered to be one of the most outstanding violists of our time. She began her training at Tokyo’s Toho Gakuen School of Music and soon after went to the United States, where she studied at the Juilliard School and Yale University. She won the highest prize at both the Geneva International Music Competition and the ARD International Music Competition in Munich.
As a chamber musician, Nobuko Imai has worked with artists such as Martha Argerich, Kyung-Wha Chung, Heinz Holliger, Mischa Maisky, Midori, Murray Perahia, Gidon Kremer, Yo-Yo Ma, Itzhak Perlman, András Schiff, Isaac Stern, and Pinchas Zukerman. She has appeared with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, and Chicago Symphony Orchestra. She is a former member of the Vermeer Quartet and is the founder and a member of the Michelangelo String Quartet, where she performs together with Mihaela Martin, Daniel Austrich, and Frans Helmerson.
Between 1983 and 2003 Nobuko Imai taught at the Hochschule für Musik Detmold. She is currently teaching at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, Queen Sofia College of Music in Madrid, Ueno Gakuen University in Tokyo, and as a principal professor at Kronberg Academy.
Nobuko Imai is Ong Teng Cheong Professor in Music at YST Conservatory.
ABOUT THIS EVENTNobuko Imai conducts a virtual Masterclass with YST violists.
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This event is supported by the Kris Foundation Viola Masterclass Fund.
TICKETING INFORMATION
• Due to COVID-19 related guidelines, this performance will only be offered virtually.
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