Kyoko Ogawa and Yui Harashima

Kyoko Ogawa, violin (Japan), Yui Harashima, piano (Japan)

Kyoko Ogawa

She was born in 1992 and graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts. She won the 1st prize and Audience Award  in the 10th Tokyo Music Competition, the Career Development Awards at the Banff International String Quartet Competition 2016, the 3rd prize in International chamber music competition Lyon and the 1st prize in the 67th ARD Munich International Music Competition as Aoi Trio(Piano Trio).

She has performed as a Soloist with Karajan akademie, Mutter’s Virtuosi( with Anne-Sophie Mutter), Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra and other orchestras. She participated in the Ozawa International Chamber Music Academy Okushiga and Zermatt Music Festival and Saito Kinen Orchestra. She has performed at Elbphilharmonie Hamburg , Musiktage Hitzacker, Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern , Musika Bayreuth, Brahms Tage in Baden-Baden, Torino, Brixen, Meran and  Raderbergkonzert in Cologne.

https://www.kyokoogawa-vn.com/biography-1

https://www.wfimc.org/artists/duo-ao

Yui Harashima

She studied at Toho Gakuen School of Music, Toho Gakuen School of Music, Toho Gakuen School of Music Master's Course, and Talent Music Master Course in Italy, she completed her postgraduate studies at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna.

She received the National Competition Prize for Excellence in the A2 level of the Pitina Piano Competition. She gave her first solo recital at the age of 10 at Hachioji Icho Hall. She has been taking lessons regularly with Mr. Pavel Nersesian and Mr. Han Kaya since she was in elementary school. Winner of the 13th Chopin International Piano Competition in Asia in the high school division and the soloist prize. Selected for the Japan Chopin Competition 2015. Selected for the 15th Chopin International Piano Competition in ASIA, Professional Division, Asia Competition.

While in college, she won prizes in the intramural piano competition and concerto competition. Selected as a soloist by audition and performed with the Toho Gakuen Orchestra at the Green Hall subscription concert. She won the third prize at the 1st Shigeru Kawai International Piano Competition and in the piano section of the 86th Japan Music Competition.
In 2022, she won the first prize at the 11th Swedish International Duo Competition.

https://www.yuiharashima.com/

Photo: Olivier Maire