Kaoru Oe
Kronberg Academy Bachelor
Kronberg Academy Master
Kronberg Academy Professional Studies Studies with Christian Tetzlaff funded by the Gingko patronage
Violin Masterclasses, participant
Kronberg Festival, workshop
Kronberg Festival, concert
Chamber Music Connects the World, junior
Kaoru Oe was born in Japan in 1994 and had his first violin lessons at the age of five. He studied the violin at the Toho College of Music and at Keio University with Masafumi Hor and Yuzuko Horigome. He also studied politics at the same time.
In his homeland he has been awarded numerous prestigious prizes, including the first prize, the audience prize and five additional special prizes at the 2013 Music Competition of Japan. The same year he won three more first prizes – in the Mozart International Chamber Music Competition, the Yokohama International Music Competition and the Japanese Players’ Competition. In 2019 Kaoru Oe won third prize at the 10th International Violin Competition Leopold Mozart.
As a soloist Kaoru Oe has performed with the NHK Symphony Orchestra, the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, the Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra, the Yokohama Sinfonietta and the Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra.
Kaoru Oe is a member of the Japan National Orchestra.
He performs on a Stefan-Peter Greiner violin made in 2002.
He was an active participant in Kronberg Academy’s Violin Masterclasses in 2015 where he was awarded the Ana Chumachenco Prize. From 2015 to 2019 Kaoru Oe studied at Kronberg Academy with Christian Tetzlaff. These studies were funded by the Gingko Scholarship.
ÖSTERREICH
Participants
- Irène Duval violin
- Sào Soulez Larivière viola
- Sarah Jégou-Sageman violin
- Friedrich Thiele Cello
- Jérémie Moreau piano
- Mishka Rushdie Momen piano
- Geneva Lewis violin
- Kaoru Oe violin
- Matthew Lipman viola
- Gabriel Schwabe cello
Programme
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
• Oboe Quartet in F major, K. 370 – approx. 15'
I. Allegro
II. Adagio
III. Rondeau: Allegro
Michael Höfele, oboe
Irène Duval, violin
Sao Soulez-Larivière, viola
Benedict Kloeckner, cello
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
• Piano Trio in D major, Op. 70 No. 1 (“Ghost Trio”) – approx. 25'
I. Allegro vivace e con brio (D major)
II. Largo assai ed espressivo (D minor)
III. Presto (D major)
Sarah Jégou-Sageman, violin
Friedrich Thiele, cello
Jeremie Moreau, piano
INTERMISSION
Arnold Schoenberg (1874–1951)
• Six Little Piano Pieces, Op. 19 (1911) – approx. 5'
Mishka Momen, piano
Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897–1957)
• Piano Quintet in E major, Op. 15 – approx. 35'
I. Mäßiges Zeitmaß, mit schwungvoll blühendem Ausdruck
II. Adagio. Mit größter Ruhe, stets äußerst gebunden und ausdrucksvoll
III. Finale. Gemessen beinahe pathetisch
Geneva Lewis, violin
Kaoru Oe, violin
Matthew Lipman, viola
Gabriel Schwabe, cello
Mishka Momen, piano
Programme subject to change
RUSSLAND
Participants
- Cosima Soulez Larivière violin
- Kaoru Oe violin
- Sindy Mohamed viola
- Gabriel Schwabe Cello
- Julia Hamos piano
- Emil Kuyumcuyan
- Suyoen Kim violin
- Friedrich Thiele Cello
- Jean-Sélim Abdelmoula piano
Programme
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943)
• String Quartet No. 1 (unfinished), TH ii/30 – approx. 13'
II. Romance: Andante espressivo (G minor)
III. Scherzo: Allegro (D major)
Cosima Soulez-Larivière, violin
Kaoru Oe, violin
Sindy Mohamed, viola
Gabriel Schwabe, cello
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975) / arr. Oriol Cruixent
• Suite for Variety Orchestra (“Jazz Suite No. 2”) – for piano trio & 3 percussionists – approx. 25'
Julia Hamos, piano
Cosima Soulez-Larivière, violin
Gabriel Schwabe, cello
Emil Kuyumcuyan, percussion
N.N., percussion
INTERMISSION
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)
• Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50 “À la mémoire d’un grand artiste” – approx. 50'
I. Pezzo elegiaco: Moderato assai – Allegro giusto
II. Tema con variazioni: Andante con moto
– Finale e coda: Allegro risoluto e con fuoco
Suyeon Kim, violin
Friedrich Thiele, cello
Jean-Selim Abdelmoula, piano
Programme subject to change
POLEN
Participants
- Cosima Soulez Larivière violin
- Peijun Xu viola
- Edgar Moreau harpsichord
- Suyoen Kim violin
- Irène Duval violin
- Jean-Sélim Abdelmoula piano
- Martina Consonni piano
- Kaoru Oe violin
- Sebastian Fritsch Cello
Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
• Serenade in D major, Op. 8 for String Trio – approx. 27'
I. Marcia: Allegro – Adagio
II. Menuetto: Allegretto
III. Adagio – Scherzo: Allegro molto – Adagio
IV. Allegretto alla polacca
V. Andante quasi allegretto – Variations – Allegro – Tempo I
VI. Marcia: Allegro
Cosima Soulez-Larivière, violin
Peijun Xu, viola
Edgar Moreau, cello
Moritz Moszkowski (1854–1925)
• Suite for Two Violins and Piano, Op. 71 – approx. 20'
I. Allegro energico
II. Allegro moderato
III. Lento assai
IV. Molto vivace
Suyoen Kim, violin
Irène Duval, violin
Jean-Selim Abdelmoula, piano
INTERVAL
Witold Lutosławski (1913–1994)
• Variations on a Theme by Paganini for Two Pianos – approx. 5'
Martina Consonni, piano
Jeremie Moreau, piano
Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849)
• Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 8 – approx. 30'
I. Allegro con fuoco
II. Scherzo: Vivace
III. Adagio sostenuto
IV. Finale: Allegretto
Kaoru Oe, violin
Sebastian Fritsch, cello
Martina Consonni, piano
Program subject to change
NORWEGEN
Participants
- Ragnhild Hemsing
- Edgar Moreau Cello
- Itai Navon piano
- Kaoru Oe violin
- Sindy Mohamed viola
- Suyoen Kim violin
- Irène Duval violin
- Cosima Soulez Larivière violin
- Peijun Xu viola
- Sebastian Fritsch Cello
- Friedrich Thiele Cello
Programme
Edvard Grieg (1843–1907)
• Andante in C minor for Piano Trio – approx. 11'
Ragnhild Hemsing, violin
Edgar Moreau, cello
Itai Navon, piano
Ragnhild Hemsing (*1988)
• Vetra – Chamber Suite based on Norwegian folk melodies for Hardanger fiddle (Norwegian folk fiddle) and strings
Ragnhild Hemsing, Hardanger fiddle
Kaoru Oe, violin
Sarah Jégou-Sageman, violin
Sindy Mohamed, viola
Edgar Moreau, cello
N.N., bass
INTERVAL
Johan Svendsen (1840–1911)
• String Octet in A major, Op. 3 – approx. 38'
I. Allegro risoluto ben marcato
II. Allegro scherzoso
III. Andante sostenuto
IV. Finale: Moderato – Allegro assai con fuoco
Suyeon Kim, violin
Irène Duval, violin
Cosima Soulez-Larivière, violin
Sarah Jégou-Sageman, violin
Sindy Mohamed, viola
Peijun Xu, viola
Sebastian Fritsch, cello
Friedrich Thiele, cello
Program subject to change