Sunday 6 October 3.00 pm
Coco Tomita (violin)*
Yume Tomita (violin)**
Kan Tomita (piano)
Debussy: Violin sonata in G minor (15')*
Allegro / Intermede / Finale
Prokofiev: Sonata in C for 2 violins Op 56 (17')
Andante / Allegro / Commodo / Allegro
Franck: Violin sonata in A (27')**
Allegretto / Allegro / Moderato / Allegretto
& Selected encore pieces for 2 violins and piano (5')
Hailed by critics and audiences alike, Coco Tomita first gained recognition after winning the BBC Young Musician 2020 Strings Category. Her success led to an invitation to record a debut album with Orchid Classics, numerous approaches by music festivals across the UK, and an extensive concert tour of Japan. She was named as ‘One to watch' by Gramophone Magazine and ‘Young Classical Star' by Classic FM. Her debut album ‘Origins' received a succession of rave reviews from The Strad, Gramophone Magazine, BBC Music Magazine and The Guardian, among others, and was selected as ‘Disc of the month' by Apple. On stage Coco has performed with Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, London Mozart Players, Philharmonie Baden-Baden and Bath Philharmonia. In recital Coco performs regularly around the UK, including at Saffron Hall, Bechstein Hall, Harrogate International Festival, St George's Hall, Bristol, as well as further afield at Dubai Opera. Born into a musical family, Coco began to play the violin when she was four years old. She began her early training at the Yehudi Menuhin School, and is currently studying at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler, Berlin.
16 year-old violinist Yume Tomita is a grand prize winner of the “Il Piccolo Violino Magico” International Competition for Young Violinists in Italy. She is also a former prize winner at the Ilona Feher, Andrea Postacchini and Grumiaux Competition. Yume was born in the UK in 2008 and began to play the violin when she was five years old. She was invited to give her first recital at the age of seven in Italy, and in the following year she was awarded a place at the Yehudi Menuhin School. Yume's concerto debut came in 2019 with Anima Musicae Chamber Orchestra in Budapest and her recent highlights include appearances at Cremona Mondomusica in Italy, numerous concerto engagements with Accademia d'Archi Arrigoni also in Italy and an appearance in Klassiek Leeft Festival in Belgium. Coco's second album has just been released from Orchid Classics in which Coco and Yume perform a couple of violin duo pieces for the bonus tracks. The CDs are available to purchase today after the concert.
The father of Coco and Yume, Kan Tomita is a pianist and has won numerous international awards and prizes. Since his concerto debut at the Royal Festival Hall, London at the age of 15, he has been in demand both as soloist and chamber musician performing in the UK (Southbank Centre, Barbican, LSO St Luke's, Bridgewater Hall etc.), Europe as well as Japan; where music critics praised him as “Stunning performer with superb technical accomplishment and poetry” (“Ongaku-no Tomo” Music Magazine, Japan).
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