Still only eighteen, Anna Hashimoto is developing an enviable international career as a soloist. She made her Barbican Hall concerto debut at the age of 15 with the English Chamber Orchestra in December 2004 and made her third appearance with them in August 2007.
She has appeared at London's Wigmore Hall on numerous occasions, playing solo and in chamber music. She has played in the Cadogan Hall in the presence of HRH Princess Alexandra and has also performed at Buckingham Palace. At a Gala Concert at the British Embassy in Paris in April 2006, Anna performed Mozart's Clarinet Quintet on bassett clarinet.
At the International ClarinetFest 2005 in Tokyo, Anna had the honour of giving the Japan premiere of Michael Daugherty's clarinet concerto Brooklyn Bridge, which was commissioned by the International Clarinet Association. This performance was broadcast live on FM-Tokyo, and received great reviews. During this Fest she also played the Tartini-Jacob Concertino with the British Clarinet Ensemble, with whom she recently recorded a CD of the work.
Anna Hashimoto was born in Japan in 1989 and moved to London shortly after. She started playing the piano at the age of four and clarinet when she was eight. She studied at the Junior Department of the Royal College of Music for six years under Charles Hine, where she was awarded the Else & Leonard Cross Memorial Scholarship and the Esther Coleman Prize. She was a member of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain.
In 2003 Anna won first prize and all three special prizes at the Japan Clarinet Society's Young Clarinettists Competition. In 2004 she won the Parthenon Tama prize at the Japan Clarinet Competition.
Anna recently performed the Mozart Concerto with the Japan Chamber Orchestra in Tokyo, and in March 2007 played Jean Francaix's Concerto with the Purcell Symphony Orchestra at LSO St Luke's, as winner of the Purcell School's Senior Concerto Competition.
In September 2007 Anna began her studies at the Royal Academy of Music as a pupil of internationally renowned soloist Michael Collins.
Forthcoming engagements include concertos by Spohr, Weber and Finzi with orchestras including the Kyushu Symphony Orchestra in Japan, and the English Chamber Orchestra under the baton of Vladimir Ashkenazy. She also has a recital tour in Japan in June 2008, as well as a recital in the New Artists series at the Kioi Hall, as the first clarinet soloist. Anna is now under the management of Euroarts-Japan.
Anna plays on Peter Eaton International model clarinets and basset clarinet. "I was first introduced to Peter Eaton International clarinets by my mentor Michael Collins in 2005. If clarinets were animals, Peter Eaton's would be wild tigers compared to other makes being tame kittens. They have unlimited potential and grow with you as you mature. I feel very privileged to own one of the very few Peter Eaton International bassetts and was proud to bring it to Japan with me on Mozart's 250th Anniversary. It's so comfortable and natural to play, with huge resonance that can fill a large auditorium!"
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