VC YOUNG ARTIST | Minami Yoshida, 19 - Montreal & Sibelius Competition Major Prizes
19 year old Japanese violinist, Minami Yoshida is firmly establishing herself as one of the new rising stars of the international concert stage
19 year old Japanese violinist, Minami Yoshida is firmly establishing herself as one of the new rising stars of the international concert stage.
A student of Koichiro Harada at the Toho Gakuen School of Music and Miriam Fried at the New England Conservatory, Minami is a former major prize at the Montreal and Sibelius International Violin Competitions.
Her recent solo engagements include performances with the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra, Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra, Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra and the Kyoto Symphony Orchestra.
Minami currently performs on a 1735 Petrus Guarnerius violin - on generous loan from a private collector.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dsNAedc2rk&showinfo=0&autohide=1
MINAMI YOSHIDA | SIBELIUS | VIOLIN CONCERTO | 1ST MVT | JOHN STORGÅRDS & HELSINKI PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA | 2015 SIBELIUS INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION | 16 YEARS OLD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iK1z8d7rolY&showinfo=0&autohide=1
MINAMI YOSHIDA | SIBELIUS | VIOLIN CONCERTO | 2ND MVT | JOHN STORGÅRDS & HELSINKI PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA | 2015 SIBELIUS INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION | 16 YEARS OLD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXTwZvma01M&showinfo=0&autohide=1
MINAMI YOSHIDA | SIBELIUS | VIOLIN CONCERTO | 3RD MVT | JOHN STORGÅRDS & HELSINKI PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA | 2015 SIBELIUS INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION | 16 YEARS OLD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BmODdN4aLA&showinfo=0&autohide=1
MINAMI YOSHIDA & JEAN DESMARAIS | TCHAIKOVSKY | VALSE SCHERZO, OP. 34 | 2016 MONTREAL INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION | 17 YEARS OLD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzfwczyN0jc&showinfo=0&autohide=1
MINAMI YOSHIDA | KREISLER | RECITATIVO AND SCHERZO CAPRICE | 2016 MONTREAL INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION | 17 YEARS OLD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQS1LqsDWGs&showinfo=0&autohide=1
MINAMI YOSHIDA & JEAN DESMARAIS | STRAUSS | SONATA IN E FLAT MAJOR | 2016 MONTREAL INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION | 17 YEARS OLD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1dAKwhVLl8&showinfo=0&autohide=1
MINAMI YOSHIDA & NAOKO ICHIHASHI | SIBELIUS | HUMORESQUES NO. 1 & 2 | 2015 SIBELIUS INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION | 16 YEARS OLD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2HA0bdznjo&showinfo=0&autohide=1
MINAMI YOSHIDA & NAOKO ICHIHASHI | YSAYE | CAPRICE D'APRES L'ETUDE EN FORME DE VALSE DE SAINT-SAENS | 2015 SIBELIUS INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION | 16 YEARS OLD
Name: Minami Yoshida
Violin: 1735 Petrus Guarnerius Filius Joseph | Alexander d'Espine
Bow: François Peccatte | Eugéne Sartory
Strings: Thomastik Dominant A,D, & G | Pirastro Gold E String
Accessories: Wolf Forte Second Shoulder Rest | Melos Light and Baroque Rosin
Teachers: Miriam Fried, Koichiro Harada and Yuko Washio
School: New England Conservatory | Toho Gakuen Music High SchooI
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