Alexander Norman Hobbs
| № Lot | 12 |
|---|---|
| Performance Time Round 1 | 19.10 17.15– 17.40 |
| Points Round 1 | 14.43 |
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| Points Round 3 |
- Johann Sebastian Bach Ciaccona from Partita for Solo Violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004
- Niccolo Paganini. A caprice No.1 Op. 1
- Henryk Wieniawski. An etude No.5 Op. 10, “L’Ecole Moderne”
- Fritz Kreisler. Recitativo and Scherzo, Op. 6
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The first movement of the Violin Concerto No.1 in B major, K. 207
- Eugene Ysaye Sonata for Solo Violin No.3 Op.27
- Sergei Prokofiev Sonata No.1 in F minor, Op. 80
- Yevhen Stankovych. Concerto for Violin and Orchestra N. 5 (2017) “Question without Answer” Dedicated to Oleh Krysa
- Jean Sibelius.Concerto in D minor, Op. 47
Alexander Hobbs was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1997. At the age of three, he enrolled in the Toho School of Music for children where he commenced his formal violin studies at the age of five, under the tutelage of Asako Iwasawa.
At the age of eleven, Alexander earned the honor of serving as concertmaster for a performance of the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, under the direction of the conductor Myung-Whun Chung. The following year, Alexander was chosen to perform at the Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza, Italy, as part of the World Heritage Festival. In 2011, he was awarded Second Prize at the Nationals, Student Music Concours of Japan. During the 2012 season, Alexander appeared as soloist with the Japan Classical Orchestra and the following season with the NHK Philharmonic Orchestra Ensemble. Alexander has also appeared as soloist with the Japan String Teachers Association Orchestra.
At the age of sixteen, Alexander was awarded Second Prize, the highest award given, at the Osaka International Competition. Alexander has also attended the prestigious Aspen Music Festival for multiple seasons beginning in 2012. Moreover, Alexander was the Concertmaster of the Debut Chamber Orchestra of Young Musicians Foundation. Alexander has participated in master classes with several renowned artists and pedagogues, including Andras Keller, Zakhar Bron, Leon Spierer and Augustin Dumay. His performances in his native Japan include the concert halls Kioi Hall, Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall and Suntory Hall, and he is going to make his Carnegie Hall debut this summer in 2019.
Alexander will be a fourth-year undergraduate student at the Colburn Conservatory of Music in Los Angeles, where he studies with Robert Lipsett, who holds the Jascha Heifetz Distinguished Violin Chair at the institution.
