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＜Music to be performed＞
Beethoven: Pathetique 2nd Movement Bizet: Intermezzo from Carmen
Debussy: Moonlight
Saint-Saëns: Romance
Haydn: Serenade
Legrand: The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Heiton: Singin' in the Rain
Menken: The Little Mermaid - Part of Your World
Fain: Sleeping Beauty ~Someday in a Dream~
other

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Mayi Fukuhara (harp)
Graduated from Osaka College of Music, Faculty of Music, majoring in string instruments. Selected to perform at the 2016 Kyoto International Music Students Festival and the 6th Kansai Music College Orchestra Festival. After graduation, she has performed with various orchestras and brass bands, including the Kyoto Symphony Orchestra, the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Central Army Band, and JAGMO. In 2022, she held her first recital, "Fukuhara Mai Harp Recital Primo," which was well received. She studied the harp under Matsumura Eri. She is a harpist at the Kobe Philharmonic Orchestra.

Kanae Uehara (Flute)
Graduated from Osaka College of Music, Faculty of Music, majoring in wind instruments. While enrolled, she received a grant from the university to study abroad at an overseas partner school, and studied at DePaul University in Chicago in 2015. She was awarded a grant from the university in 2014 and 2016. She was selected to compete in the flute category at the Osaka tournament of the 66th All Japan Student Music Competition. She won the Encouragement Award and Audience Jury Award at the 32nd, 36th, and 37th Settsu Music Festival Little Camellia Competition. She has studied under Keiko Nagayama, Reiko Kawase, Mary Stolper, and Ryuji Masumoto. She is currently performing mainly in the Kansai region.

＜Music to be performed＞
Divertimento K.138 1st and 3rd movements / Mozart
Sunflowers / Taro Hakase
Summer/Joe Hisaishi
Cavalleria Rusticana/Mascagni
Cinema Paradiso / Morricone
Harry Potter/John Williams
Waltzing Matilda/McPherson (arr. Konz)
Nocturne / Azarashvili
"Summer - 3rd Movement" "Autumn - 1st Movement" from "The Four Seasons" / Vivaldi

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Violin: Kodai Fukuoka
Graduated from Kyoto City University of Arts. Served as concertmaster for Kyoto City Junior Orchestra, Kansai Music University Orchestra Festival, and Kyoto City University of Arts Regular Concert. After graduation, he continues to perform mainly in the Kansai region, including recitals, orchestras, chamber music, and duo concerts with his younger brother Takuho Fukuoka (piano) as the Fukuoka Brothers. He also devotes himself to mentoring the next generation. He has studied violin under Ikuyo Higuchi, Naoko Ishibashi, Sachiko Ishibashi, Chihiro Kudo, Yukiko Mise, and Yasushi Toyoshima, and viola under Yumiko Yamamoto. He has guest-performed with the Osaka Symphony Orchestra, Kyoto Symphony Orchestra, Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra, and Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra. He is currently a member of the Osaka University of Arts and a contracted member of the Kyoto Symphony Orchestra. His favorite fish is yellowtail.

Violin: Chisato Kajiwara
After graduating from the Hyogo Prefectural Nishinomiya High School Music Department, she graduated from Kyoto City University of Arts with honors. She has received the Kyoto Mayor's Award and the Kyoto Music Association Award, among others. She obtained a diploma from the International Tadeusz Wroński Violin Course in Nałęczów (Poland). In addition to serving as a concert mistress for the Seiji Ozawa Music Academy Orchestra, she has been involved in a wide range of performance activities since her time at the university, including holding solo recitals and guest appearances with professional orchestras. She is a scholarship recipient of the Aoyama Music Foundation in 2021.

Viola: Shiyori Tanaka
Born in Shimane Prefecture. Graduated from Kyoto City Horikawa Music High School and Kyoto City University of Arts. Won the Grand Prize and Hyogo Prefectural Governor's Award in the String Instruments B category at the 24th Kobe International Music Competition. Won the Jury Prize in the String Instruments category at the 31st Burckhardt International Music Competition. Serving as concert mistress at the Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival in 2023. Studied violin under Takahashi Miho, Ashihara Mitsuru, Ikegawa Akiko, Urushibara Asako, Shikata Kyoko, and Togami Mari. Studied viola under Maruyama Kanade and Hosokawa Izumi.

Cello: Tomohiro Yamauchi
Born in Fukui Prefecture. Performed at the Fukui Prefecture Newcomer Concert. Won the Grand Prize in Division C and the Kobe Mayor's Award at the 27th Kobe International Music Competition. Won the highest award in the Chamber Music Division at the 31st Japan Classical Music Competition. Studied at the Kusatsu Summer International Music Academy and the Akiyoshidai Chamber Music Seminar. Studied cello under Arai Yui, Uno Tetsuyuki, and Mukaiyama Kaeko, and chamber music under Morita Reiko. Graduated from the Kyoto City University of Arts Graduate School of Music, Master's Program. Lecturer at the Fukui Junior String Ensemble Seminar. Lecturer at Hibari Music School.

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