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Kaoru Oe

violin

2015–2017
Kronberg Academy Bachelor
2017–2018
Kronberg Academy Master
2018–2019
Kronberg Academy Professional Studies Studies with Christian Tetzlaff funded by the Gingko patronage
2015
Violin Masterclasses, participant
2015
Kronberg Festival, workshop
2017
Kronberg Festival, concert
2018
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


Last updated: February 2024
Großer Saal, Casals Forum
2026/2027 Chamber Music Festival - K3

ÖSTERREICH

Duval, Höfele, Jégou-Sageman, Lewis, Lipman, Momen, Moreau, Oe, Schwabe, Soulez-Larivière, Thiele

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

Großer Saal, Casals Forum
2026/2027 Chamber Music Festival - K5

RUSSLAND

Abdelmoula, Hamos, Kim, Kuyumcuyan, Mohamed, Oe, Schwabe, Soulez-Larivière, Thiele

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

Großer Saal, Casals Forum
2026/2027 Chamber Music Festival - K6

POLEN

Abdelmoula, Consonni, Duval, Fritsch, Kim, Moreau, Moreau, Oe, Soulez-Lariviere, Xu

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

Großer Saal, Casals Forum
2026/2027 Chamber Music Festival - K7

NORWEGEN

Duval, Fritsch, Hemsing, Jégou-Sageman, Kim, Mohamed, Moreau, Navon, Oe, Soulez-Larivière, Thiele, Xu

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