Bence Bogányi & Miwa Hoyano

The Pharos Arts Foundation presents a recital with Bence Bogányi – one of the most sought-after bassoonists of our time, and pianist Miwa Hoyano – first prize winner of the Ibla Grand Prize Competition. The recital, which will take place on Wednesday 15 April, at The Shoe Factory, will present a rich and varied programme – including works spanning from JS. Bach to Bartók, Saint-Saëns to Dubois and Orbán. This is indeed a rare opportunity to enjoy the bassoon as the leading force in chamber music!

THE PROGRAMME
Throughout history, the bassoon has represented a unifying force. Its sound is rich in harmonic overtones which, added to its accommodating timbre, makes this instrument ideal for tonal blends in any type of ensemble. Nowadays the bassoon is used extensively in the symphony orchestra and opera, with innumerable composers having written for it, and the repertoire includes impressive parts in orchestral scores, woodwind ensemble music and many bassoon solo concertos.

J.S.Bach: Preludium in C major for bassoon and piano
Bartók: Rumanian Dances for bassoon and piano
Ravel: La Valse for piano
Saint-Saëns: Sonata for bassoon and piano
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Dubois: Tango Sonatina for bassoon and piano
Kovács: Moldavia for bassoon solo
Ichyianagi: Cloud Atlas for piano solo
Sáry: Grandmother’s dance for bassoon solo
Chopin: Ballade for piano No.4, in F-minor
Orbán: Sonata for bassoon and piano

BENCE BOGÁNYI bassoon
Bence Bogányi began his studies with László Hara in Helsinki, continuing on as a post-graduate student at the Hanns Eisler Academy of Music in Berlin, where he studied with Klaus Thunemann. In 1997, Bence Bogányi won the First Prize at the International Crusell Competition in Finland, and in 2006, the First Prize at the International Fernand Gillet / Hugo Fox Competition in Indianapolis, Indiana. His first orchestra position brought Bogányi as principal bassoonist of the Finnish State Opera in Helsinki. In 2002, he was appointed principal bassoonist of the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, and in 2004, he became the Solo-bassoonist of the Berlin Radio Orchestra. From 2007 until 2013, he was the principal bassoonist of the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, and since 2013, he is appointed professor of bassoon at the Academy of Music in Hannover. In addition to his orchestral activity, Bence Bogányi is a sought-after soloist and chamber musician. He recorded two solo albums for Profil Medien – Günter Hänssler, as well a number of chamber music CDs, amongst others, with the Berlin Philharmonic Octet and with his woodwind-quintet Chantily.

MIWA HOYANO piano
Miwa Hoyano was born in Saitama (Japan) and began her career as a pianist at the age of four. After completing the undergraduate course on Piano Performance at the Tokyo College of Music, she was admitted to the prestigious Soloklasse of Prof. Bernd Goetzke at the Hannover University of Music, Drama and Media (Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover). Miwa performed extensively throughout Japan and Europe both as a soloist and as chamber musician. She is a regular guest in music festivals such as the Ticino Musica Music festival in Switzerland, the Musica Riva Festival in Italy, the NDR Musiktag Hannover, BMW Welt Klassik&Lounge in the Steinway Lounge Munich in Germany, the Osaka Classic Festival, and the Classic Festival Hiroshima in Japan.

Miwa won various competitions, more recently, the Ibla Grand Prize International Music Competition in Sicily in 2014. As a result of this prize, she will make her debut performance in Carnegie Hall in New York in May 2015 as part of her debut tour in the US. Other prizes include the First Prize in the 11th International Music Competition Luigi Cerritelli in 2014, the Camilo Togni International Music Competition in 2008, the Valsesia International Music Competition in Monte Rosa in 2007, the Bronze Medal in the PTNA Piano Competition in 2007(Japan) and the Martinu Prize at the Grieg Piano Competition in Norway in 2009. Miwa Hoyano is active as a chamber musician, regularly collaborating with oboist Matthieu Petitjean (Hannover State Opera), oboist Yukino Thompson (Bavarian State Opera) and violinist Taro Uemura (Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra). Future engagements include recordings for Radio Classica Italia, concerts in Japan, Switzerland, Italy and the US, as well as performances with maestro Eiji Oue (Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra).

Tickets:
€15 / €10 Concessions & members of the Pharos Arts Foundation,
Box Office: Directly from the Foundation’s website www.pharosartsfoundation.org/ or Tel. 96669003 (Monday - Friday 10:00am-3:00pm)