Concert

Uchida　Mitsune　Organ Concert

Uchida　Mitsune　Organ Concert

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Program

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): Fantasia super „Komm, heiliger Geist, Herre Gott"

BWV 651


Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975):Passacaglia from „Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk

District"


Masahiro Ishijima(1960-):Registrations

and more...

Profile

Uchida Mitsune

Commencing organ studies at age twelve, Uchida graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts and completed a Master's degree at its Graduate School. During his studies, he received the Ataka Prize and the Acanthus Music Award. Awarded a DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) scholarship, he studied at the Munich University of Music and Performing Arts, completing his Master's degree. Subsequently, with support from the Nomura Foundation and the City of Hamburg, he undertook studies in the State Performance Qualification programme at the Hamburg University of Music and Theatre.

Uchida studied organ with Hiroko Asai, Kensuke Ohira, Rie Hiroe, Bernhard Haas, and Wolfgang Zerer; studied harpsichord with Asami Hirosawa, Genzoh Takehisa, and Christine Schornsheim.

He was awarded third prize at the 14th International Gottfried Silbermann Organ Competition (Internationaler Gottfried-Silbermann-Orgelwettbewerb) and the 24th International Organ Competition for the Bach Prize of the State Capital of Wiesbaden (Internationaler Orgelwettbewerb um den Bachpreis der Landeshauptstadt Wiesbaden). From April 2025, he will assume the role of Music Director at Hotel Nikko Fukuoka, serving as organist at the affiliated chapel, "Chapel Prière", where he will plan and perform monthly regular concerts. He is a member of the Japan Organists' Association.

Admission: ¥2,500 (All seats unreserved)
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