Wakana Matsuzawa
MATSUZAWA Wakana
Graduated from the Department of Instrumental Music, Faculty of Music, Senzoku Gakuen University. Completed the Graduate School of Toho Gakuen School of Music. Won a top prize in the viola category at the 10th Japan Chamber Music Competition. Invited to perform at the Obihiro Newcomer Concert. Studied violin with Yoshio Unno and Tomoko Kato, viola with Nobuo Okada, and chamber music with Kazuoki Fujii, M. Schaefer, and Nobuo Okada. After working as a lecturer at the music school attached to Showa University of Music, he joined the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra in 2017.
| What made you start playing an instrument? | She started playing the violin because of her older brothers; she was given a very small instrument for her second birthday and began imitating them. She started playing the viola as a minor subject in her second year of university. |
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| What is important in a performance | Cherishing each encounter with sound and our audience, we perform with care, imagining scenes from paintings and stories as we capture those unique moments. |
| One of my favorite songs | Schumann Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, op. 44 I love chamber music, and this piece holds a special place in my heart because I was deeply moved by the viola's range and tone when I heard my mentor and his wife perform it. Even now, when I hear this piece, I think of my mentor and his wife, and I feel nostalgic and fond. |
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