Quartet Integra profile
2015年桐朋学園に在学中に結成。2022年ARDミュンヘン国際音楽コンクール弦楽四重奏部門第2位。併せて、聴衆賞を受賞。2021年バルトーク国際コンクール弦楽四重奏部門第1位。第8回秋吉台音楽コンクール 弦楽四重奏部門 第1位。併せて、ベートーヴェン賞、山口県知事賞を受賞。キジアーナ音楽院夏期マスタークラスにて最も優秀な弦楽四重奏団に贈られる"Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena" Prizeを受賞。クライブ・グリーンスミス氏、ギュンター・ピヒラー氏の指導を受ける。第41回霧島国際音楽祭に出演し、堤剛音楽監督賞及びに霧島国際音楽祭賞を受賞。これまでに、磯村和英、堤剛、練木繁夫、山崎伸子各氏、クァルテット・エクセルシオと共演し好評を博す。NHK「クラシック倶楽部」、「リサイタル・パッシオ」、「ららら♪クラシック」等に出演。サントリーホール室内楽アカデミー第5,6期フェロー。磯村和英、山崎伸子、原田幸一郎、池田菊衛、花田和加子、堤剛、毛利伯郎、練木繁夫各氏に師事。公益財団法人松尾学術振興財団より助成を受ける。2022年秋よりロサンゼルスのコルバーンスクールにレジデンスアーティストとして在籍。現在、クライブ・グリーンスミス氏、マーティン・ビーヴァー氏に師事。
English
Described as having “an enormous wealth of colors... and sparkling rhythms,” (All News Press), Quartet Integra are quickly developing a reputation of international prestige. In 2022, the Quartet won Second Prize and the coveted Audience Award at the 2022 ARD International Music Competition, First Prize at the 2021 Bartók World Competition, and First Prize and the Prize of Beethoven and Grand Prix Award at the 2019 Akiyoshidai Music Competition. Additionally, Integra have received the prize Banca Monte dei Paschi in the 2021 Accdemia Musicale Chigiana, the Kirishima International Music Festival Prize and Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi Music Director Prize in the 2021 Kirishima International Music Festival.
Quartet Integra’s upcoming performances include a New York debut at the Schneider Concert series at the New School, a contemporary recital at Boston Court, a recital as part of the Discovery Series at the La Jolla Music Society, the ECHO Chamber Music Series, Les Salon Musiques, the Nevada Chamber Music Festival, Santa Ynez Valley Series, and at the California Club in Los Angeles and Thayer and Zipper Halls at the Colburn School, among others. Additionally, they have over twenty performances throughout Japan at venues such as Tokyo Opera City, Toppan Hall, and Suntory Hall, among others, and recitals planned throughout Germany. The Quartet Integra has performed and worked with artists including Orion Weiss, Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi, Kazuhide Isomura, Shigeo Neriki, and Kazuhide Isomura.
Quartet Integra are active festival participants. They were invited by Günter Pichler (formerly Alban Berg Quartet) to attend the Chigiana Summer Festival in Siena on a scholarship and have attended festivals such as Crans Montana Classics, Toyama Chamber Music Festival, Kirishima International Music Festival. Past performances include the Suntory Chamber Music Garden Festival, the Kanazawa, Hukuyama and Takefu International Festivals, among others. Committed to contemporary works, Quartet Integra has commissioned many new works from Japanese composers and have given over a dozen world premieres. Integra have participated in coaching’s and master classes with Jean- Yves Thibaudet, Milena Pajaro-Van de Stadt, Jean-Guihen Queyras, and the Jerusalem, Henschel, Atrium, Voce and Shanghai String Quartets.
The Quartet Integra, consisting of first violinist Kyoka Misawa, second violinist Rinato Kikuno, violist Itsuki Yamamoto, and cellist Ye Un Park, formed in 2015 and began their studies with Kazuhide Isomura and Nobuko Yamazaki at Toho Gakuen School of Music. They continued their academic work as a quartet as Fellows at the Suntory Hall Chamber Music Academy. They are currently enrolled in the Chamber Ensemble-in-Residence Program at the Colburn School, where they study with Martin Beaver, Clive Greensmith. Quartet Integra is supported by grant funding from the Matsuo Foundation and are on the roster of Colburn Artists.
(Biography Current as of April 2024)
Interview
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