{"id":27614,"date":"2023-02-02T09:00:07","date_gmt":"2023-02-02T14:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/concoursmontreal.ca\/?post_type=cmim-competitors&#038;p=27614"},"modified":"2023-04-28T12:40:33","modified_gmt":"2023-04-28T16:40:33","slug":"aoi-saito","status":"publish","type":"cmim-competitors","link":"https:\/\/concoursmontreal.ca\/en\/competitors\/aoi-saito\/","title":{"rendered":"Aoi Saito"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">VIOLIN 2023\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a class=\"maxbutton-103 maxbutton maxbutton-violin-2023\" href=\"https:\/\/www.concoursmontreal.ca\/en\/violin-2023\/\"><span class='mb-text'>Violin 2023<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Raised in Tokyo, Aoi Saito started playing violin at the age of 5 at the Toho Gakuen Music School. She completed her Bachelor\u2019s degree at the Tokyo University of the Arts with honors and is currently studying for her Master\u2019s degree at the Berlin University of the Arts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Aoi is a 1st prize winner of the Osaka International Music Competition, Kobe International Competition, and the Ibolyka-Gyarfas Foundation Violin Competition in Berlin. Additionally, she was a semifinalist at the International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition in Finland in 2022.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">As a soloist, she has performed with Geidai Philharmonia and Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestras. An enthusiastic chamber musician, Aoi was invited to the Seiji Ozawa International Academy in Switzerland and the Ozawa International Chamber Music Academy in Japan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Aoi is currently playing a precious 18th-century instrument made by the Italian violin maker Giovanni Battista Guadanini, on loan from the Berlin University of the Arts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Principal teachers<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Latica Honda-Rosenberg, 2021-present<\/span>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Masafumi Hori, 2019-2020<\/span>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Natsumi Tamai, 2018-2020<\/span>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Asako Urushihara, 2013-2020<\/span>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Mami Teshigawara, 2009-2012<\/span>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Ami Watanabe, 2002-2009<\/span> <span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:113,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240,&quot;469777462&quot;:[1813,6055,15434,31164],&quot;469777927&quot;:[0,0,0,0],&quot;469777928&quot;:[1,1,1,1]}\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 13.009302px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Major Competitions\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Semi-finalist, International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition, 2022<\/span>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">1<sup>st<\/sup> prize, Violinwettbewerb der Ibolyka-Gyarfas-Stiftung, 2021<\/span>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Semi-finalist, Tibor Varga International Violin Competition, 2019<\/span>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">1<sup>st<\/sup> prize, Kobe International Music Competition, 2018<\/span>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Semi-finalist, International Louis Spohr Competition for Young Violinists, 2016<\/span>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">1<sup>st<\/sup> prize, Osaka International Music Competition, 2010<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Programme<\/span><\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">FIRST ROUND<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Violin Sonata No.1 in G minor, BWV 1001<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11px;\">I.Adagio<br \/>II. Fugue<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Waltz-Scherzo, Op. 34<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">HEINRICH WILHELM ERSNT <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Variations on \u201cThe Last Rose of Summer\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Piano_icon-2022.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22132 alignleft\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Piano_icon-2022.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"50\" height=\"46\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"TextRun Highlight SCXW18320530 BCX0\" lang=\"FR-FR\" xml:lang=\"FR-FR\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW18320530 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\" data-ccp-charstyle-defn=\"{&quot;ObjectId&quot;:&quot;48b96721-b467-42ac-be3b-f4138873f386|233&quot;,&quot;ClassId&quot;:1073872969,&quot;Properties&quot;:[469775450,&quot;normaltextrun&quot;,201340122,&quot;1&quot;,134233614,&quot;true&quot;,469778129,&quot;normaltextrun&quot;,335572020,&quot;1&quot;,469778324,&quot;Default Paragraph Font&quot;]}\">Pian<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW18320530 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\">ist<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun Highlight MacChromeBold SCXW18320530 BCX0\" lang=\"FR-FR\" xml:lang=\"FR-FR\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW18320530 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\">: <span class=\"TextRun SCXW223772615 BCX0\" lang=\"FR-CA\" xml:lang=\"FR-CA\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW223772615 BCX0\">Philip Chiu<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><i><span lang=\"EN-US\">Aoi Saito <span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica;\">is<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">\u00a0generously sponsored by<\/span> Laurent Verreault.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a class=\"maxbutton-73 maxbutton maxbutton-tickets-tuxedo\" href=\"https:\/\/concoursmontreal.tuxedobillet.com\/\"><span class='mb-text'>Buy your tickets<\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/concoursmontreal.ca\/en\/competitors\/michael-shaham\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-17690 size-full\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/next-button.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a class=\"maxbutton-75 maxbutton maxbutton-support-the-concours\" href=\"https:\/\/www.concoursmontreal.ca\/en\/support\/donate\/\"><span class='mb-text'>SUPPORT THE CONCOURS<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VIOLIN 2023\u00a0 \u00a0 Raised in Tokyo, Aoi Saito started playing violin at the age of 5 at the Toho Gakuen Music School. She completed her Bachelor\u2019s degree at the Tokyo University of the Arts with honors and is currently studying for her Master\u2019s degree at the Berlin University of the Arts. 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