Yusuke Hayashi began
studying violin at the age of four and won a number of
music competitions in Japan shortly thereafter. In 2000,
he became the youngest laureate of the 69th Japan Violin
Competition. He also won the International String
Competition of Upbeat in Hvar, Croatia, in 2003, the
Yehudi Menuhin International Competition for Young
Violinists in 2004 and the Romano Romanini International
Competition of Brescia that same year. In 2005, he was
awarded first prizes at the Dr. Luis Sigall
International Competition in Chile and the Stefanie-Hohl
Violin Competition in Vienna. Since 2003, Yusuke Hayashi
has been living in Vienna and studying with Dora
Schwarzberg at the Vienna University of Music and
Performing Arts.
Japan
Born September 5, 1984
SEMI-FINALS
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH Sonata No. 1 for solo violin, in G
minor
BWV 1001
JOHANNES BRAHMS Sonata No. 1 in G major, Op. 78
SCOTT GOOD And dreams rush forth to greet the distance
EUGÈNE YSAŸE / CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS Caprice after
Saint-Saëns’ Etude en forme de valse, Op. 52. No. 6
NICCOLÒ PAGANINI Caprice Op. 1 No. 4 in C minor
FINALS
PIOTR ILYITCH TCHAIKOVSKY Concerto in D major, Op. 35
