Chopin Avenue - String Avenue x Orkiestra Filharmonia

12 August 2026, 18:00
National Philharmonic, Warsaw

A concert featuring laureates of two international music competitions - Chopin Avenue International Piano Competition and String Avenue International Competition (Wieniawski Edition) - presenting young soloists from many countries. The performers will appear both in solo programmes and with the National Philharmonic's Chamber Orchestra in an expanded ensemble. The programme includes works by Frédéric Chopin, Henryk Wieniawski and other composers. The concert is aimed at both children and adults.

Part I - Solo performances

Fumika Egi (Japan, piano)
Frédéric Chopin: Waltz in C-sharp minor op. 64 no. 2

Sophia Ayano Saumer (Japan, violin)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Concerto no. 3 in G major KV 216

Lina Elwood (USA / Japan, piano)
Frédéric Chopin: Barcarolle in F-sharp major op. 60

Edouard Ferragu (USA / Great Britain / France, piano)
Johann Sebastian Bach: French Suite no. 2 in C minor BWV 813, movements I, III and VI

Rex Tai (Hong Kong / China, violin)
Traditional Hebrew song: Hatikva - Hope, arranged by Ben Andrew

Raven Ho (USA, piano)
Johannes Brahms: Intermezzo in A major op. 118 no. 2

Julie Yukitoki (Japan, violin)
Fritz Kreisler: Variations on a Theme of Corelli

Junichiro Tatsumi (Japan, piano)
Frédéric Chopin: Ballade no. 2 in F major op. 38

Miho Sato (Japan, piano)
Frédéric Chopin: Waltz
[to be completed: exact title / key / opus]

Rihito Yamada (Japan, piano)
Frédéric Chopin: Largo op. posth.; Polonaise in A-flat major op. 53

Intermission

Part II - Performances with orchestra

Edouard Ferragu (USA / Great Britain / France, piano)
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: Piano Concerto no. 1 in G minor op. 25, movement I: Molto allegro con fuoco

Amato (Matti) Obara (Japan, violin)
Max Bruch: Scottish Fantasy op. 46, movement III: Andante sostenuto and movement IV: Finale. Allegro guerriero

Caden Chan (USA, piano)
Dmitri Kabalevsky: Piano Concerto no. 3 in D major op. 50 "Youth"

Sophia Ayano Saumer (Japan, violin)