Jo, Marina

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Last updated:April 16, 2023
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At age 5, performed Mozart Piano Concerto with an orchestra. At age 6, was selected from 3,400 pieces nationwide in the Yamaha JOC, performed own composition at Nagoya Shirakawa Hall, and received the highest award in the composition division of the Junior Classical Music Competition. Was selected for and participated in the Yamaha "Tsumagoi Master Class". Premiered Piano Trio No. 1 (Vn: Hiroko Ishikawa, Vc: Yumiko Morooka). Provided music for and performed at the recital of Chinese soprano Zhang Liuchun. Won the gold prize for two consecutive years at the Yamaha Electone Festival Meguro Center Competition. Performed at the Yomiuri Hall Festival. Performed Liszt's Piano Concerto No. 1 with Hiromi Akatsuka (Professor and General Manager, Senzoku Gakuen College of Music) at the Sumida Triphony concert "Seeking the Possibilities of the Electone."
Received the Special Grand Prize (1st place) in the piano division of Concorso MusicArte, leading to two performance tours across Italy at the Italian World Heritage Festival. Performed at a gala concert at Kioi Hall, with performance reviews appearing in Italian newspapers. Was interviewed by Kyoto Shimbun and Chunichi Shimbun, and broadcast on Italian TV news. Performed at the Kyoto Kodai-ji Music Festival and the Nishinomiya City Otani Memorial Art Museum Concert "Musicians of Today and the Next Generation..."
Awards and Recognitions:
- Selected for the Tokyo regional competition (Piano Division) of the All Japan Student Music Competition, organized by Mainichi Shimbun.
- Attended the Kirishima International Music Festival Master Class with a scholarship and received the Kirishima International Music Festival Award.
- 2nd place at the Kamakura Student Music Competition National Finals, and received the Kamakura Music Club Award.
- 1st place at the K-Piano Competition.
- Received the PTNA Hachioji Music Promotion Association Award.
- Silver prize at the AMA Competition.
- Held first solo concert at age 13.
- Received the Bechstein Award at the Nohant Festival Chopin in Japan Piano Competition.
- 3rd place at the Yokohama International Music Competition.
- 1st place and Special Jury Prize in the high school division of the Sakura Music Competition.
- Bronze prize in the complete movements division of the Sonata Competition.
Studied under Masumi Haraguchi, Katsuko Kaneko, Maasa Nakazawa, Akiko Kitagawa, Yukiko Hibiya, Takaya Sano, Michiko Okamoto, and Megumi Ito. Received monthly lessons for one and a half years as part of Evgeny Zarafiants' master class. Attended lessons with Meister, Yves Henry, Cyprien Katsaris, and Curridge. Studied musical analysis with Tetsuya Akiyama, finger training with Mitsuyo Yamamoto, Electone with Makoto Murata, and composition with Nozomi Kaneda.