202421 05 IVWC Halve Finale Duo Corasio © Concertomedia
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About this concert

The International Van Wassenaer Competition challenges young ensembles to give the best of themselves in a thrilling competition. With fascinating Baroque programmes, compelling performances and technical tours de force, they try to charm the jury and the audience. Discover the stars of tomorrow and cheer on your favourites.

Programme

  • Giovanni Battista Fontana

    Sonata for violon in D major, no. 2
    (from: Sonate a 1. 2. 3. per il violino, o cornetto, fagotto, chitarone, violoncino o simile altro istromento, Venice 1641)

    1589-1630
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sonata for violin and basso continuo, BWV 1021
    I. Adagio
    II. Vivace
    III. Largo
    IV. Presto

    1685-1750

Musicians

  • Eriko Nagayama violin
  • Alessandro Papa harpsichord

About the performers

Duo Corasio consists of Eriko Nagayama and Alessandro Papa. Nagayama started violin lessons at the age of four and graduated from the Royal Academy of Music in London in 2018. Together with Trio Opal, she won several prizes at the chamber music festival in Trondheim and the Piano Trio Competition in Birmingham. Born in 1996, Papa graduated cum laude in piano and then picked up studies in musicology and chamber music as a harpsichordist. As part of several ensembles, he mainly plays music from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.