Violin
Asia

Mone Hattori

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Born in 1999. Began playing the violin at the age of five and performed with an orchestra at eight. From the age of ten, won first prizes and Grand Prix at various international competitions, and began performing both domestically and internationally following a recital debut in Milan at eleven. To date, has received the Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Music Award, Tokiko Iwatani Award, Arion Toho Gakuen Music Award, Shinji Hattori Music Award, Hotel Okura Music Award, Idemitsu Music Award, and the Bulgari Aurora Award.Performed with Vladimir Ashkenazy in Switzerland and Italy, at the Aram Khachaturian Festival, the Trans-Siberian Music Festival, and at the United Nations 80th Anniversary Concert in Turkey. In Japan, has appeared with numerous leading orchestras and conductors, including NHK Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, and New Japan Philharmonic. In 2021, performed with the NHK Symphony Orchestra and Paavo Järvi, and the following year appeared with the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen to great acclaim. Since 2022, has presented a self-produced concert series “STORIA,” and in 2024 realized a world-first project performing Shostakovich’s Violin Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 in a single evening with the NHK Symphony Orchestra conducted by Michiyoshi Inoue, which was praised as a historic performance. Also actively engaged in promoting masterpieces rarely performed in Japan, including the Japanese premiere of Fazıl Say’s Sonata and works by contemporary composers. The debut CD at age 17, “Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No.1 / Waxman: Carmen Fantasy,” received high acclaim including a special selection by Record Geijutsu. Continues to perform actively in Japan and abroad. Completed graduate studies at Toho Gakuen School of Music. Plays on a Guarneri del Gesù on special loan from Nippon Violin.