Naoko Ichihashi
Naoko Ichihashi graduated from the Toho Gakuen School of Music in Tokyo in 1981 and continued her studies that same year at Indiana University under György Sebök. In 1986, she received the prize for the best accompanist at the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. On graduating from Indiana University, Ichihashi moved to Finland and took up a post as a chamber music pianist at the Sibelius Academy. At the same time she joined the Avanti! chamber orchestra. She gave her debut concert in Helsinki in 1990. From 1991-1992, Ichihashi studied at the École normale supérieure and gained a ‘Licence de concert’ diploma. In 1993 she took second prize in the Oulu Chamber Music Competition. Naoko Ichihashi was a lecturer at the Sibelius Academy until 2014. She is a highly respected and active musician, performs frequently at chamber music events, and is accompanying pianist in the Jean Sibelius Violin Competition and the Paulo Cello Competition.
Programme
12.7.
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835—1921):
The Carnival of the Animals (1886)
12.7.
Lauri Toivio (1972):
The Elk Hunt, Op. 10 No. 2 (2001)
12.7.
Lauri Kilpiö (1974):
Goat and the Wolf's Glance (2001)
12.7.
Lauri Toivio (1972):
The Bream and the Rabbit, Op. 10 No. 1 (2001)
12.7.
15.7.
15.7.
W. A. Mozart (1756—1791):
Allegro from Violin Concerto No. 4 in D, K. 218 (1775)
- Lilja Iisakkila
- Naoko Ichihashi
15.7.
Edward Elgar (1857—1934):
Salut d'amour, Op. 12 for violin and piano (1888)
16.7.
16.7.
16.7.
16.7.
Johannes Brahms (1833—1897):
Allegro from Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108 (1886–88)
- Liina Ristolainen
- Naoko Ichihashi
16.7.
17.7.
Albert Dietrich (1829—1908):
F. A. E. Sonata (Frei aber einsam) mov. I for violin and piano (1853)
19.7.
Armas Järnefelt (1869—1958):
Berceuse (1904, transcription for cello and piano)
20.7.
Claus-Dieter Ludwig (1952):
Happy Birthday, A Birthday Serenade for violin and piano (1997)
22.7.
César Franck (1822—1890):
Allegretto ben moderato from Violin Sonata in A (1886)
- Alina Siirala
- Naoko Ichihashi
22.7.
23.7.
Ernest Bloch (1880—1959):
Rapsodie from Suite Hébraïque, B. 83 (1951)
- Pedro Gómez Briceño
- Naoko Ichihashi
23.7.
Erich Korngold (1897—1957):
Moderato nobile from Violin Concerto in D, Op. 35 (1937–39)
- Aura Mäkinen
- Naoko Ichihashi
23.7.
Felix Mendelssohn (1809—1847):
Andante from Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64 (1844)
- Aino Torii
- Naoko Ichihashi
23.7.
Antonín Dvořák (1841—1904):
Allegro ma non troppo from Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 53 (1879)
- Inari Puhakka
- Naoko Ichihashi
24.7.
York Bowen (1884—1961):
Grave from Viola Sonata No. 2 in F, Op. 22 (1911)
- Jake Montgomery-Smith
- Naoko Ichihashi
24.7.
Robert Schumann (1810—1856):
Mit leidenschaftlichem Ausdruck from Violin Sonata No. 1 in A minor, Op. 105 (1851)
- Anna Smedjebacka
- Naoko Ichihashi
24.7.
Carl Reinecke (1824—1910):
Allegro molto moderato from Flute Concerto in D, Op. 283 for flute and piano (1908)
- Kaisa Kettula
- Naoko Ichihashi
24.7.
Francis Poulenc (1899—1963):
Allegro con fuoco from Violin Sonata, FP 119 (1942–43)
- Suet Yin Athena Shiu
- Naoko Ichihashi