Open Tower Day
St. Urbanus Church Bovenkerk
June 10, 2017 from 11:00 till 16:00
Noorddammerlaan 152
FREE
ENTRANCE!
with piano concert by
Mao Omori and Misaki Yamada
From 14:00 till 15:15
Program
 Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.17 in d, Op.31-2 “The Tempest” 1st and 3rd
movement Largo-Allegro; Allegretto (Mao Omori)
 Chopin: Andante spianato et Grande polonaise brillante, Op.22 in E flat major
(Misaki Yamada)
Pause
 Mozart: Sonata for Piano Four-Hands in B flat major, KV. 358. Allegro; Adagio;
Molto Presto (Misaki & Mao)
 Fauré: Dolly Suite Op.56. Berceuse; Mi-a-ou; Kitty-Valse; Le Pas Espagnol
(Misaki & Mao)
Organised by ”Stichting Vrienden van de Bovenkerkse Urbanus”
Mao Omori
was born in Osaka, Mao Omori graduated at the
Music High School attached to The Faculty of Music, Tokyo National
University of Fine Arts and Music, university level. She studied with
Prof. Willem Brons and obtained her master’s degree at the
Conservatorium of Amsterdam in 2016.
She is currently studying fortepiano with Prof. Bart van Oort in Den
Haag. She has participated in masterclasses, in Hamamastu, Kirishima
and Kusatsu International Academy and several festivals. She has won
the prizes in national competitions in Japan, including the
International Chopin Piano Competition in Asia (gold medal). Her debut recital was held at
Osaka “Umeda Phoenix Hall” in Japan (2012). She has performed in the concerts such as
“Westwijk Piano promenade” and “The Classic Live for the United Nations” at “Maison de la
culture du Japon à Paris” (2014). She won a 2nd prize and the Romain d’Ansembourg
Encouragement Award at the International Geelvink fortepiano competition (2016).
Misaki Yamada was born in Japan, 1986. She started to play
the piano when she was 3 years old. She got the first prize at the
competition of the High School Culture Federation in Kanagawa
prefecture in January 2005. In the same year, she moved to the
Netherlands to study music with Willem Brons at the Conservatorium
van Amsterdam and graduated in 2011. Her talent lies not only in
music, but also in the visual arts. In February 2008, she performed her
first Manga concert tour in the United States with Blake Weston and
Ragnheiður Jónsdóttir as a piano trio. This performance consisted of a
slide show of her Manga drawings complemented by the trio's simultaneous live piano
music. After Misaki was accepted to a Master's degree at the Conservatorium van
Amsterdam, she gave a summer concert tour in Niigata, Japan. Additionally, she was invited
to play with Blake and Saeko Oguma as a piano trio for the 125 year anniversary ceremony
of the Conservatorium in September 2009. In 2010, Frédéric Chopin's 200 year anniversary,
Misaki made her second Manga slide show, this time about his life and gave its debut
performance at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. It was a huge success, with more
than 200 people in the audience. Misaki has also performed concerts at several retirement
homes in the Netherlands, at times playing solo and at times in collaboration with Cheng Yu
Wu, Blake Weston, Mor Levin, Robert-Jan Looysen and Björk Níelsdóttir. She has benefited
from the instruction of Yoko Suzuki, Louis Leerink, Alexander Jenner and Willem Brons.
“Stichting Vrienden van de Bovenkerse Urbanus” is a foundation which organizes
cultural events in the beautiful Cuypers church. With a donation of €15 (minimum) per year
you can become a donor and you will be informed on all our activities.
For more information visit our site www.vriendenbovenkerkseurbanus.nl or facebook
www.facebook.com/Stichting-Vrienden-Bovenkerkse-Urbanus.
You can also write an e-mail to our secretariat [email protected].