Tuesday December 17th 2.00 pm

Asagi Nakata (piano)

Liszt: Variations on Weinen, Klagen S.180

Liszt Grosses Konzertsolo, S.176

Beethoven arr. Liszt Symphony no 1 in C S.464

Admission free with retiring collection. No tickets issued beforehand

Asagi Nakata was born in Japan 1995 and recently graduated from the Royal Academy of Music with Diploma, (DipRam) and have been awarded the “Francis Simms Prize” for her outstanding studentship and for her exceptionally high final recital mark of the year. She was generously supported by the Constance Bastard Memorial Scholarship from the Academy which enabled her to study with Professor Christopher Elton. She previously studied with a scholarship at the Junior Department of the Royal College with Professor Ian Jones, and with Professor Tatiana Sarkissova.

She has won several competitions including the EPTA Belgian International, Franz Liszt Weimar (2009), the Beethoven Piano Society of Europe Junior (2010) and was runner up in the Windsor International Piano Competition in 2015. Other successes include First Prize in the Marlow International Concerto Competition (2007), Third Prize in the James Mottram International Competition (2008), and Fourth Prize in the Ettlingen International Competition (2010). Asagi was selected as one of fourteen semi-finalists in the International Franz Liszt Piano Competition which took place in October 2017. She recently won 3rd Prize at the 1st International Amadeus Piano Competition 2019 and received 3rd prize in the WPTA international piano Competition. She was also selected as the last 10 finalist in the 18th Edition-Piano, Morocco Philharmonic orchestra international music competition.

Asagi has performed at the Wigmore Hall, Cadogan Hall and St. James's, Piccadilly, and is a regular soloist in the St. Paul's Bedford Lunchtime Concert Series and the Emmanuel United Reform Church, Cambridge Lunchtime Concert Series. Performances abroad include Japan, Holland, Italy, Belgium, Prague, France, Germany in the presence of Alfred Brendel and Poland where she was invited as guest performer at the 64th Duszniki International Chopin piano festival. She has performed with the Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra of South Bohemia, Southbank Sinfonia and Finchley Chamber Orchestra.

Asagi is grateful for the support from the Drake Calleja Trust, Talent Unlimited, and The Countess of Munster Musical Trust for their Derek Butler Award. She is also a Concordia Foundation Artist. In her spare time Asagi enjoys cooking and learning German. In recognition of her high achievements in music at the Royal Academy of Music, Asagi received the Greta Parkinson Prize, Vivian Langrish Prize, the Peter Latham gift and the Nancy Dickinson Award.

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