Alexandre Esperet France
Maiko Hosoda Japan
Alexandre Esperet (1987) werd unaniem aangenomen
De Japanse percussionist Maiko Hosoda (1985) studeert
aan het conservatorium van Lyon onder de hoede van
in New York aan de Mannes College New School for
Jean Geoffroy. In 2008 won hij de eerste prijs op de
Music. Zij won reeds meerdere prijzen: de Excellent
National Marimba Competition in Cannes, een jaar later
Performance Award van de Japan Classical Music Society
onder meer de publieksprijs van de befaamde Genève
en eerste prijzen van de Miyanichi Shinbun Company en
International Music Competition. In 2011 richtte hij met
tijdens de Mannes Concerto Competition. Hosoda trad
Paul Changarnier en Nicolas Cousin het SR9 trio op,
solistisch op, bijvoorbeeld met het Water Concerto van
waarmee hij de International Percussion Competition van
Tan Dun. In november 2010 gaf zij het Amnesty
Luxemburg 2012 won (eerste prijs, publieksprijs en
International Benefit Concert.
Lalux-prijs). Alexandre behoorde tevens tot de Japanese percussionist Maiko Hosoda (1985) is currently
deelnemers van TROMP Percussion Eindhoven 2010.
studying at the Mannes College New School for Music in Alexandre Esperet (1987) was being unanimously accepted
New York. She has already won many prizes, including the
at the Conservatoire de Lyon under the guidance of Jean
Excellent Performance Award from the Japan Classical Music
Geoffroy. In 2008 he was awarded first prize at the Cannes
Society and first prizes from the Miyanichi Shinbun Company
National Marimba Competition and a year later Alexandre
and at the Mannes Concerto Competition. Hosoda has
won the audience award, among others, at the Geneva
appeared as a soloist with the Water Concerto by Tan Dun.
International Music Competition. In 2011 he founded the
In November 2010 she performed the Amnesty International
SR9 Trio with Paul Changarnier and Nicolas Cousin, which
Benefit Concert.
won the 2012 International Percussion Competition of Luxembourg (first prize, audience award and Lalux Prize).
Yukinobu Ishikawa Japan
Alexandre was also selected to participate in TROMP Percussion Eindhoven 2010.
Yukinobu Ishikawa is geboren in Yokohama (1982). Vóór hij zich op percussie toelegde, studeerde hij viool en nog tijdens zijn percussiestudie bekwaamde hij zich op de piano. Ook als percussionist is hij veelzijdig: pauken, marimba, drums maar ook dejmbé, cajon en jazzvibrafoon. Zijn leraren waren onder anderen Peter Prommel en Isao Nakamura. Yukinobu Ishikawa behaalde tevens de Bachelor of Arts-graad in psychologie aan de Meiji Gakuin Universiteit in Tokyo. Yukinobu Ishikawa was born in 1982 in Yokohama, Japan. Before choosing to focus on percussion he studied the violin and during his percussion studies he also practised the piano. As a percussionist he is a versatile musician: timpani, marimba, drums, dejmbé, cajon and jazz vibraphone. His teachers include Peter Prommel and Isao Nakamura. Yukinobu has also achieved a Bachelor of Arts in psychology from Meiji Gakuin University, Tokyo.
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