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About Hina
In 2022, at age 20, Hina Maeda secured the First Prize at the prestigious 16th International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition held in Poznań. Further amplifying her triumph, she garnered four additional notable distinctions: for her exquisite interpretation of Wieniawski’s Concerto, superlative performance of Wieniawski’s Caprice, outstanding rendition of a Sonata, and superior execution of works by Beethoven and Brahms.
Highlights of the 24/25 season include concerts with the Evergreen Symphony Taiwan under the baton of Jaap van Zweden (Bruch 1 VC), with the Tokyo Philharmonic and Maestro Myung-Whun Chung play-directing from the piano (Beethoven Triple Concerto), and with the Hyogo PAC Orchestra conducted by Mikhail Pletnev (Tchaikovsky VC).
Hina made her distinguished debut with the Kansai Philharmonic Orchestra at just 11 years of age. Since then, she has graced the stages with esteemed orchestras such as the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony, Osaka Philharmonic, Tokyo Symphony, New Japan Philharmonic, Taiwan National Symphony, Zagreb Philharmonic, Warsaw Philharmonic, RTV Slovenija Symphony, Lithuanian National Symphony, Poznań Philharmonic, Orchestra of the Opéra National de Lorraine, and the São Paulo State Symphony. In 2020 and 2021, she was honoured to hold the position of Artist in Residence with CHANEL Pygmalion Days.
Hina plays the 1715 Joachim Stradivarius violin on a kind loan from the Nippon Music Foundation.
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Season Highlights
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Hina Maeda plays Bach Chaconne from Partita No.2 in D minor
Credit: New Aspect Creatives
PlayingHina Maeda plays Mozart Sinfonia Concertante in E Flat
Amadeus Chamber Orchestra of Polish Radio conducted by Anna Duczmal-Mróz Credit: International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition
PlayingHina Maeda plays Brahms Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77
Poznan Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Łukasz Borowicz Credit: Wieniawski Society
PlayingHina Maeda performs Wieniawski’s Violin Concerto in D minor
Poznan Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Łukasz Borowicz Credit: Wieniawski Society
PlayingHina Maeda performs Szymanowski, Hubay and Greig
Hina Maeda - violin, Grzegorz Skrobiński - piano Credit: International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition
PlayingHina Maeda plays Paganini, Wieniawski, Bach and Beethoven
Hina Maeda - violin, Grzegorz Skrobiński - piano Credit: International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition
PlayingHina Maeda plays Brahms Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60
Credit: Ezoe Memorial Recruit Foundation
PlayingHina Maeda plays Bruch Violin Concerto at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan Hall
Hina Maeda performs Bruch’s Violin Concerto at the 18th Tokyo Music Competition Winners Concert, with Tsunoda Kosuke conducting the New Japan Philharmonic Credit: Factory
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Sample Programmes
Concert with Pablo Rossi in Sao Paulo, 14th May 2023
Mozart – Sonata No21 E minor, K. 304 (1778) Wieniawski – Fantasia Brilliante from Gounod, Op. 20 (1865) Massenet – Meditation from Thais (1894/1898) Strauss – Sonata E minor, Op. 18 (1887)
Concert with Dayoon You at the Seoul Arts Centre, 3rd Sep 2023
Bach - Chaconne from Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004 (Hina) Bach - Fuga from Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Minor, BWV 1001 (Hina) Bartók - Tempo di ciaccona from Sonata for violin solo (Dayoon) Paganini- Caprice No. 24 (Dayoon) - intermission - Ysaÿe - Sonata for solo violin in D minor 'Ballade', Op.27, No.3 (Hina) Kreisler - Recitativo and Scherzo-Caprice (Dayoon) Wieniawski - Étude-Caprice for 2 violins, Op.18, No.1 (both) Wieniawski - Étude-Caprice for 2 violins, Op.18, No.2 (both) Wieniawski - Étude-Caprice for 2 violins, Op.18, No.4 (both) Prokofiev - Sonata for 2 violins, Op.56 (both)
Press
First Prize at the 2022 Wieniawski International Violin Competition
Poznań, PolandOct 2022 - Oct 2022Japanese violinist Hina Maeda has been awarded first prize at the 2022 Wieniawski International Violin Competition. Violinist and critic Heather Kurzbauer said: ’As Janine Jansen once told me: ”If you’re going to play music, you owe it to the composer to give it absolutely everything you have.” Hina most certainly does that. Her heart is well and truly on her sleeve.’ Maeda has previously been awarded prizes in the Tokyo Music Competition and the Kloster Schöntal International Violin Competition. She is currently studying with Machie Oguri, Koichi Harada and Mayuko Kamio at the Tokyo University of Music. On the panel for this year was the chair Augustin Dumay; vice-chair Daniel Stabrawa; conductors Agnieszka Duczmal and Christopher Warren-Green; French composer René Koering; violinists Barnabás Kelemen, Grzegorz Kotów, Bartłomiej Nizioł and Mariusz Patyra; violist Miguel da Silva; and cellist Jian Wang. Stabrawa, former Berlin Philharmonic concertmaster said: ’As jury members, we’re looking for an outstanding artist with proper intonation, a large and varied sound, and most importantly someone whose playing is sensitive, personal and highly unique. On a jury, or in an audience, we want to be surprised always by highly authentic and original performances’.
- The Strad
- 21 October 2022
