About

Winner of the 2012 International Music Competition Pforzheim, Germany and 17th International Youth Music Competition, Bulgaria, Sho Omagari was born in Hamburg, Germany and made his first public appearance at the age 5. He is also a first place winner of numerous competitions worldwide including the 4th and 5th LISMA International Music Competition, Forte International Music Competition, Prima Artist International Music Competition and others. He participated in the 4th International Summer Music Academy at the Mendelssohn University for Music and Theater (Leipzig, Germany), Holland International Music Sessions (the Netherlands), Meadowmount School of Music (New York) and the C.W. Post Music Festival (New York) at which he served as a concertmaster as well as a conductor. His awards include the Paul Rudoff Award, the North Shore Art Council Award, the North Shore Symphony Orchestra Artist Prize, the Oyster Bay Art Council Award, the MYO Scholarship and the LIC Scholarship. At New York’s 10 Year Anniversary Concert honoring 9/11, he became the first recipient of the Circle of Wind Music Scholarship Award, created in memory of the victims of the 9/11 incident and 3/11 Japan Quake. On April 2012, he was invited to perform at the Titanic’s 100th anniversary memorial ceremony over the Atlantic Ocean, which was broadcast on major Medias worldwide reaching to over 25 million people within three days. He has served as a member of the jury in the New York International Folk Music Competition, held by the United Nations and the Chinese Ministry of Culture.

Hailed for his emotional and powerful playing, he has appeared in prestigious venues such as Carnegie Hall Stern Auditorium and Weill Recital Hall, Avery Fisher Hall of Lincoln Center, Steinway Hall, Boston Symphony Hall, Venetian Theater, New York Town Hall, Eastman Theater, and St. Thomas church known for its hosting of J.S. Bach in Leipzig. His most recent activities include the collaboration with Olivier and Tony Awards winner Lea Salonga, solo appearance with the Manhattan Symphonie, Westchester University Philharmonic, Four Seasons Orchestra, Shinshu University Chamber Orchestra, recital tour of Japan, and the concerts at the evacuation shelters in one of the worst stricken area of Japan Quake with the invitation of former Senior Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan, and masterclasses for the public schools around Tokyo. He performed in the soundtracks for Kingdom Hearts, Final Fantasy XV, and Final Fantasy XIII-3 Lightning Returns by Square Enix where his solo can be heard in the game. He is a current concertmaster of the Zelda Symphony and Video Game Orchestra, as well as many other orchestras.

He has studied with Sally Thomas, Ann Setzer, Klaus Hertel, Josef Rissin, Angel Stankov and Krzystztof Wegrzyn, and conducting with Miriam Burns and Scott Wiley. He has participated in master classes with the Leipzig Quartet, James Ehnes, Midori, Hyo Kang, Ani Kavafian, Grigory Kalinovsky, Erica Kiesewetter, Albert Markov, William van der Sloot, and Nacham Erlich. He was an only student in several years graduating with the Bachelor of Science degree from the Mannes College of Music in 2009 where he studied with Sally Thomas. With the generous support of Lilly Z. Foldes, Irene Diamond Graduate Fellowship, Barnett Breeskin, Tomoko Scholarship, and the Tokyo Foundation, he completed his Masters Degree at The Juilliard School. Currently he is pursuing his Doctoral degree with Hagai Shaham and Philip Setzer at the SUNY Stony Brook on full scholarship.

Music

Bach, J.S. Concerto for Violin in A minor
Double Violin Concerto
6 Sonatas and Partitas

Barber, S Concerto for Violin

Bartok, B First Rhapsody

Beethoven, L 2 Romances Op.40, Op.50
Sonatas for Violin and Piano
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra

Beriot, C Violin Concerto No.9

Brahms, J Violin Concerto
3 Sonatas for Violin and Piano
Hungarian Dances

Bruch, M Concerto No. 1
Scotish Fantasy

Conus, J Violin Concerto

Haendel, G Concerto G Minor, Op 26 1st mvt

Haydn, J Konzert for Violin and Orchestra G Major 1st mvt

Korngold Concerto for Violin and Orchestra

Kreisler, F Original short works and transcriptions

Lalo, E Symphonie Espanole, Op 21

Mendelssohn, F Violin Concerto in e Minor Op 64

Messiaen, O Theme et Variations pour Violin & Piano

Mozart, W Violin Concertos No. 1, 3, 4, 5


Paganini, N 24 Caprices
God Save the King
Duet for Solo Violin
Cantabile
Concerto No.1
"La Campanella"

Prokofiev S. Concerto No.1

Rachmaninoff S. Vocalise
18th Variation from Rhapsody in Theme of Paganini arr. Kreisler/Sho Omagari

Rode, P Violin Concerto No 8

Sarasate, P Short Pieces
Carmen Fantasy

Sain-Saens, C Concerto No 3 B Minor, Op 61 1,3 mvt
Valse Caprice /Ysaye
Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
Havanaise


Sibelius, J Concerto in D minor

Spohr Concerto No 2

Tchaikovsky P. Violin Concerto
Souvenir d'un lieu cher, Op. 42

Vieuxtemps, H Concerto No 4 D Minor, Op 31

Viotti Concerto No 22 A Minor 1st mvt
Concerto No 23 G Minor 1st mvt

Vitali, T Ciaccona

Vivaldi Four Seasons

Waxman, F Carmen Fantasie

Wieniawski, H Concerto No.1 in F# Minor Op. 14
Concerto No.2 in D Minor
Variations on Original Theme Op. 15
Etudes-Caprices, Op.18 No.4
2 Polonaises

Ysaye, E Sonatas for Solo Violin op27
Valse Caprice /Saint-Saens

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