On 27th May, three days after the last day of elimination round of violin section, the contestants appeared on the stage of Challengers' Live.
The venue, the hall of Yamaha Music Tohoku was full of audience! I found some people with children there and I thought "they might have come to the concert after the lessons downstairs."
Four contestants had played for the concert, in some part playing together with musicians based in Sendai. I enjoyed their high level performance in homelike good atmosphere.
Four players of various ages come from different countries. They entertained us with not only their repertoires for elimination round but a variety of pieces. I could see the slight movement of their fingers, since the performers and audience were so close. When you listen to music on CD, it is sometimes hard to catch soft sounds. However, no stress at all today! I listened and enjoyed every single note.
During the performance, they talked about their life in university and hobbies other than music in the interview. They were so natural different from them on stage. I got a sense of familiarity with them to know their many episodes of their daily life, touching to hear the story about their day-to-day practice. I felt that this kind of communication between artists and audience would make us "ardent supporters" of them.
Professor Soh, Chairperson of the competition showed up in the hall. Ms. Sae Tahara, a host of the concert, asked him to come to the stage and Professor Soh talked to and shake hands with young musicians.
At the end of the concert, Four contestants and Ms. Shibouta, a violinist, played "Seven Childlen" a Japanese children's song with quintet.
I was fascinated by the concert in warm atmosphere, enjoying music and every single tone of violin, having good communication with contestants.
I would like to say thank you to four young artist with big applause!
Ayako Matsui, volunteer for PR
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