
Background
Prizes
Originally from Osaka, Shion Ota graduated from Tokyo College of Music High School and won a Special Scholarship to attend Tokyo College of Music, accelerating through the Piano Performance Course ‘Excellence’. She has studied under Katsunori Ishii, Mari Takeda, Minoru Nojima, Yuka Hanzawa and Farkas Gabor. She currently studies under Yukio Yokoyama.
Shion has performed with leading orchestras throughout Japan including Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra, Kansai Philharmonic Orchestra, Osaka Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, and beyond with the Armenian State Symphony Orchestra. She has also participated in several piano academies, including the Hamamatsu International Piano Academy, the Villa Sandra Piano Academy and the Classical Bridge Festival. From 2013 to 2015, she was a recipient of the Yamaha Foundation Scholarship, the Aoyama Music Foundation Scholarship in 2017 and the Rohm Music Foundation Scholarship in 2019.
In 2018, Shion was selected as one of five musicians to perform in Japan’s prestigious CHANEL Pygmalion Days competition.
Upcoming Competition Repertoire
Preliminaries
Preliminary Round 1: 20-Minute Recital
VII. Gavotte et six doubles
Preliminary Round 2: 30-Minute Recital
I. Allegro
II. Allegro di molto
I. Evocación
Semi-Finals
Semi Finals Round 1: 65-Minute Recital
I. Molto allegretto
II. Andante assai
III. Allegro brutale
I. Prélude
II. Allemande
III. Courante
IV. Sarabande
V. Les agréments de la même Sarabande
VI. Bourrée I alternativement
VII. Bourrée II
VIII. Gigue
I. Con moto agitato – Andante – Con moto agitato
II. Allegro con moto
III. Presto
Semi Final Round 2: Chamber Music
I. Andante assai
II. Allegro brusco
III. Andante
IV. Allegrissimo – Andante assai, come prima
I. Allegro assai vivace
II. Allegretto scherzando
III. Adagio
IV. Molto Allegro e vivace
II. Liebesleid
Finals
Final Round 1: Concerto with String Orchestra
I. Allegro moderato
II. Lento
III. Moderato
IV. Allegro con brio
Final Round 2: Concerto with Symphony Orchestra
I. Moderato
II. Adagio sostenuto
III. Allegro scherzando