Chofu Series No.27
Venue: Chofu Green Hall Venue Info
Junichi HIROKAMI, Conductor
Lina NAKANO, Violin
Junichi HIROKAMI (Conductor)
Lina NAKANO (Violin)
NAKANO Lina was born in Tokyo in 2004.
She started playing the violin at the age of 3, and since 2015, Lina has learned under Prof. Paul Roczek’s tutelage at the Mozarteum International Summer Academy in Salzburg on a regular basis. She is currently enrolled in the soloist diploma course at Toho Gakuen School of Music, and studies under Prof. TATSUMI Akiko. She also studied with Prof. Dalibor Karvay at the Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna. In addition, she is a recipient of the ROHM Music Foundation scholarship from 2023 and 2024.
In 2015, she captured the first grand prize at Arthur Grumiaux International Violin Competition for Young Musicians in Category A (Belgium). She also secured first prizes at the 72nd Student Music Concours of Japan (Junior High School Student Section), the 3rd Zhuhai International Mozart Competition for Young Musicians (China) in 2019, and the 90th Music Competition of Japan in 2021. During this time, several awards were bestowed upon her including the Iwatani Award, the Leucadia Award, the Sumi Award, the Kuroyanagi Award, and the Masuzawa Award. She was also presented with the 7th Arion-Toho Music Award in 2020.
At the 8th Sendai International Music Competition in 2022, at age 17, Lina made history by becoming the youngest first prize winner of the event to date, and in addition was awarded the Audience Prize for which she received much media attention.
She has given notable performances with major orchestras including the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, the Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra, the Gunma Symphony Orchestra, and the Salzburg Chamber Soloists among others.
Furthermore, she has made appearances on a well-known tv program “Untitled Concert” produced by TV Asahi and is touted by the media as being one of the most promising up-and-coming young artists. She also regularly appears on radio programs. She plays a 1702 Stradivarius “Lyall” on loan from the ITOH Foundation.
In December 2022, she released a debut CD of her live performances at the 8th Sendai International Music Competition. Her second CD has been available since December 2023.
photo ©kisekimichiko
She started playing the violin at the age of 3, and since 2015, Lina has learned under Prof. Paul Roczek’s tutelage at the Mozarteum International Summer Academy in Salzburg on a regular basis. She is currently enrolled in the soloist diploma course at Toho Gakuen School of Music, and studies under Prof. TATSUMI Akiko. She also studied with Prof. Dalibor Karvay at the Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna. In addition, she is a recipient of the ROHM Music Foundation scholarship from 2023 and 2024.
In 2015, she captured the first grand prize at Arthur Grumiaux International Violin Competition for Young Musicians in Category A (Belgium). She also secured first prizes at the 72nd Student Music Concours of Japan (Junior High School Student Section), the 3rd Zhuhai International Mozart Competition for Young Musicians (China) in 2019, and the 90th Music Competition of Japan in 2021. During this time, several awards were bestowed upon her including the Iwatani Award, the Leucadia Award, the Sumi Award, the Kuroyanagi Award, and the Masuzawa Award. She was also presented with the 7th Arion-Toho Music Award in 2020.
At the 8th Sendai International Music Competition in 2022, at age 17, Lina made history by becoming the youngest first prize winner of the event to date, and in addition was awarded the Audience Prize for which she received much media attention.
She has given notable performances with major orchestras including the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, the Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra, the Gunma Symphony Orchestra, and the Salzburg Chamber Soloists among others.
Furthermore, she has made appearances on a well-known tv program “Untitled Concert” produced by TV Asahi and is touted by the media as being one of the most promising up-and-coming young artists. She also regularly appears on radio programs. She plays a 1702 Stradivarius “Lyall” on loan from the ITOH Foundation.
In December 2022, she released a debut CD of her live performances at the 8th Sendai International Music Competition. Her second CD has been available since December 2023.
photo ©kisekimichiko
