Atsuko Koga, Georgiy Lomakov, Radosław Kurek
Biography Atsuko Koga, Georgiy Lomakov, Radosław Kurek
Atsuko Koga
Concert flutist Atsuko Koga was born in Fukuoka, Japan. After graduating in Tokyo, she transferred to the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danses de Paris, where she completed her flute studies with distinction.
She has won awards at many international competitions, including First Prize at the Grand Concours International de l’Academie de Lutèce, the Grand Concours Gaston Crunelle et Lucien Wurmser and the Jeunesses Musicales in Bucharest. She has also earned a Second Prize at the Maria Canals International Music Competition in Barcelona, the Music Competition “Le splendere” by the Tokyo International Association of Art and the International Music Competition Caltanisetta in Italy.
She has been a soloist for, among others, the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, the Kyūshū Philharmonic in Fukuoka, the Orchestre du Conservatoire de Paris, the Philharmonie Jeunesses Musicales in Bucharest and in Germany with the Magdeburgische Philharmonie, the Mitteldeutsche Kammerphilharmonie, the Ensemble Villa Musica, the Kammerphilharmonie Ascania, the Sofia Solisten and Gabrovo Chamber Orchestra, and performs each year with the Rossini-Quartett.
Atsuko Koga has received invitations to numerous music festivals. She is featured in many recordings for radio and television in Japan and Europe.
Georgiy Lomakov
Ukrainian-born cellist Georgiy Lomakov has won an impressive number of awards and prizes at music competitions. He was only six when he began taking lessons from Valentina Rymachevskaya-Balon in his hometown of Odessa, and only two years later won First Prize at an international competition in Uzbekistan. He has won other important international competitions including the International Cello Competition Antonio Janigro in Zagreb, Croatia and the International Johannes Brahms Competition in Pörtschach, Austria.
As a 13-year-old, he moved to Germany to study with Reiner Faupel, his most influential teacher and mentor. Later Georgiy Lomakov completed his studies with Siegmund von Hausegger at the Nuremberg School of Music, Laurence Lesser at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, and Wen-Sinn Yang at the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich.
While still at university he gave his American debut as a soloist and has given numerous recitals throughout Europe, many of which have been broadcasted on radio and television. His discography has earned widespread critical acclaim. He performed as a soloist at the Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre in 2019.
Radoslaw Kurek
Since winning The Bridget Doolan Prize for the best performance of W. A. Mozart’s work at the International Piano Competition in Dublin and the top award at the Johannes Brahms International Competition in Pörtschach (with the cellist Georgiy Lomakov), Radosław Kurek is working intensively to increase his repertoire.
The result of the meetings with various artists has been recorded with leading music producers such as GENUIN classics, Bayerischer Rundfunk and The Fryderyk Chopin Institute.
As both soloist and chamber musician Radosław Kurek has taken part in various music festivals in Europe, America, Asia and Africa.
Radosław Kurek graduated with honours from the Stanisław Moniuszko Academy of Music in Gdańsk, where he studied towards his MA degree in piano under the supervision of Katarzyna Popowa-Zydroń. Following his graduation in 2008, he worked as a teaching
assistant at the Academy of Music in Gdańsk. Since 2009, he has been a teaching assistant at the Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz, where in 2014 he was awarded his doctoral degree.
