Atsuko Koga, Georgiy Lomakov, Marianne Le Mentec
Biography Atsuko Koga, Georgiy Lomakov, Marianne Le Mentec
Atsuko Koga
Concert flutist Atsuko Koga was born in Fukuoka, Japan. After graduating in Tokyo, she completed her flute studies with distinction at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris. Later, she continued her studies at the Cologne University of Music and the Munich Conservatory.
She has won numerous international competitions, including first prize in Paris at the Lutéce and Gaston Crunelle competitions and the Jeunesses Musicales in Bucharest. She received second prize at the Maria Canals Competition in Barcelona, Le Sprendel in Tokyo, and the Caltanissetta International Music Competition in Italy.
She has been a soloist with many orchestras, including the Kyushu Symphony Orchestra and Toho Philharmonic in Japan, L’Orchestre de CNSM de Paris, the Philharmonie Jeunesses Musicales in Bucharest, the Sofia Solisten and the Gabrovo Chamber Orchestra in Bulgaria, and in Germany with the Magdeburgische Philharmonie, the Mitteldeutsche Kammerphilharmonie, Ensemble Villa Musica, and Kammerphilharmonie Ascania in Aschersleben.
Atsuko Koga’s concert appearances, radio and television broadcasts, and numerous CD releases have received high praise by the German media. In 2023, she received the Hermann Spier Prize for her years of charity concert activities. She performs on a Nagahara Boston 138 Flute (18 karat).
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 Balon in his hometown of Odessa, and two years later earned first prize at the Uzbekistan International Competition.
He has won other major international competitions, including the Antonio Janigro Competition in Croatia and the Johannes Brahms competition in Austria. At thirteen, he moved to Germany to study with Reiner Faupel, who would become his most influential teacher and mentor. Later, Georgiy Lomakov completed his studies with Siegmund von Hausegger at the Musihochschule in Nuremberg, Laurence Lesser at the New England Conservatory in Boston, and Wenn-Sinn Yang at the Munich Musikhochschule.
While still at university, he made his American debut as a soloist and has given numerous recitals throughout Europe, many of which have been broadcast. His discography has been met with wide critical acclaim. He has been invited to many concerts in Japan, including his debut as a soloist at the Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre.
