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Elegancia Doble Holiday Concert

2022/12/16 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm PST

Enjoy classic holiday tunes from Tchaikovsky, Chopin, Piazzolla and more in this four hands piano concert by Yumiko Oya & Naomi Hobbs with Ephraim Raitman on percussion.


Naomi Hobbs was born and raised in Tokyo, Japan. She earned her music degree at the Musashino Academia Musicae in Tokyo, where she also taught for ten years. In 1998, one year before she moved to San Diego, she performed Rachmaninoff’s 2nd Piano Concerto with the Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra. She was the instructor of Music and Piano class at San Diego Community College district for 10 years. She was the first prize winner of the 7th International Piano Competition in Mexico in 2012 and the gold medalist of 6th Seattle International Piano Competition in 2015.

Yumiko Oya grew up in Tokyo, Japan. She began playing piano at the age of three. After moving to the US in 1990, she began studying music theory at Orange Coast College. She was invited to play as a soloist, Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4, with its orchestra at their annual concert. Further study earned Yumiko her Master’s degree in Piano Performance at the California Institute of the Art. Since then Yumiko has been actively performing as a soloist and with various ensembles.

Elegancia Doble: As a duo, they won the first prize of the 17th Japanese Musician’s Association of California Piano competition in 2016.

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Date:
2022/12/16
Time:
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm PST
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Website:
https://coronado.librarycalendar.com/event/elegancia-doble-holiday-concert

Venue

Winn Room, Coronado Public Library
640 Orange Ave
Coronado,CA92118United States
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Phone
619-522-7390
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