Natsumi Tamai
 
VIOLIN 1997 : Fifth Prize
Natsumi Tamai was born in Kyoto and began playing the violin at age of four. After receiving various awards in Japan, she won the first prize and special prize in the 1992 Prague Spring International Music Competition in the 1992. She graduated from Toho Gakuen School of Music in Tokyo with her bachelor degree. She also received “Diploma d’Onore” from the summer seminar at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Italy.

She continued her studies with Herman Krebbers at the Sweelinck Conservatorium in Amsterdam and with Ana Chumachenco at the Hochschule für Musik in München. She won several prizes such as the 2nd prize in the J.S.Bach International Music Competition in Leipzig, the 5th prize in the 1997 the Queen Elisabeth Competition and the 2nd prize in the 2000 Jean Sibelius International Violin Competition in Helsinki, Finland.

Natsumi Tamai has given many successful concerts throughout Europe and Japan. As soloist she is guest of major orchestras, amongst them Russian national Philharmonic, Helsinki Philharmonic, Slovak Philharmonic, NHK symphony orchestra and Osaka Philharmonic.

Currently she is a professor at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music (Geidai), a member of Kioi Sinfonietta Tokyo and concertmistress of Geidai Philharmonia and Ensemble of Tokyo.
Japan
Year of birth: 1972
Audio
Program
Final (02/06/1997)
Hendrik Hofmeyr Raptus per violino e orchestra
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Sonata n. 28 in E flat major KV 380
Jean Sibelius Concerto in D minor op. 47
Natsumi Tamai, violin
Semi-final (19/05/1997)
Fritz Kreisler Le tambourin chinois op. 3
Henryk Wieniawski Polonaise brillante n. 2 in A major op. 21
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Concerto n. 5 in A major KV 219
Eugène Ysaÿe Caprice d'après l'étude en forme de valse op. 52 de C. Saint-Saëns
Akira Miyoshi Miroir (1983)
Eugène Ysaÿe Sonata in A minor op. 27/2
Peter Swinnen Canzone
Natsumi Tamai, violin
Relive the performances of Violin 2024
The Competition's CD's
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