Chieri Tomii

TRAINING
• 2007 – : Toho Gakuen School
of Music – Bachelor of Music
with Koichiro Harada
• 1998-2001: Toho Gakuen School
of Music with Isako Shinozaki, Mitsuru Shiogai

PRIZES AND AWARDS
• 2009: Munetsugu Angel Violin
Competition – 1st Prize
• 2008: Michelangelo Abbado
Competition – 3rd Prize
• 2002: Cultural Medal of Honour
from the government of the town of
Nozawa Onsen, Nagano Prefecture,
Japan

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES
In 2002, Chieri Tomii won First Prize in the 56th Annual All-Japan Student Music Competition in Tokyo at the age of ten. She performed a solo concert at the Togakushi-Iizuna Music Festival in Nagano, and has attended master classes at the Ishikawa Music Academy in Japan, the Euro Music Festival in Leipzig, and the Orford Arts Centre in Quebec.

QUARTER FINALS
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH * Sonate pour violon seul n° 1 en sol mineur / in G minor, BWV 1001: Adagio & Fugue
JOHANNES BRAHMS * Sonate n° 3, en ré mineur, opus 108 / in D minor, Op. 108: I. Allegro – IV. Presto agitato
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART * Sonate en si bémol majeur / in B-flat major, K. 378
NICCOLÒ PAGANINI * Caprice n° 9 en mi majeur / in E major – Caprice n° 13 en si bémol majeur / B flat major, opus 1
KELLY-MARIE MURPHY * One for Solitude

SEMI-FINALS
CÉSAR FRANCK * Sonate en la majeur / in A major
MAURICE RAVEL * Tzigane
HENRYK WIENIAWSKI * Polonaise brillante n° 1 en ré majeur / in D major, opus 4

FINALS
BÉLA BARTÓK * Concerto n° 2, Sz. 112