This performance forms part of the Hattori Foundation early evening concert series. This is a very friendly series, in true Salon-style, where guests are invited to enjoy a pre-concert drink included in the ticket price, a one-hour performance (without interval) and then meet the performers and Trustees in the Club's bar after each recital for complimentary refreshments.
Programme (60 minutes, no interval)
TBC
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The Hattori Foundation was established as an Educational Trust by the Hattori Family and granted charity status in 1992.
The aim of the Foundation in the field of music is to encourage and assist exceptionally talented young instrumental soloists or chamber ensembles who are British Nationals or resident in the UK and whose talent and achievements give promise of an international career. |
Tohi Harada is a Japanese guitarist studying at the Royal Academy of Music in London with a scholarship, and he has been awarded top prizes at many international competitions.
He first took up the guitar at the age of 3, and during his childhood in Japan, he won first place in more than ten junior competitions. He was also actively volunteering and performing in various care homes.
In 2019, he was awarded 1st Prize at the East End International Guitar Competition in Japan. This led to the opportunity to release his first debut album ‘To-i’ in 2020, which received the ‘Recording prize.’ In his debut solo concert in 2021, he performed Picture at the Exhibition (by Modest Mussorgsky). This gained nationwide attention and was broadcasted on Japanese national television.
In the same year, he travelled abroad to study in London at the Royal Academy of Music under Professor Michael Lewin. He has recently been awarded the Julian Bream Trust Scholarship for three consecutive years, along with 2nd Prize and the ‘Audience Prize at the Aalborg Guitar Competition (Denmark) in 2022, 1st Prize at Albania International Guitar Competition (Albania) in 2023, 1st Prize at Veria International Guitar Competition (Greece) in 2023, 1st Prize at ‘Ida Presti’ International Guitar Competition (Croatia) in 2024, 1st Prize at Guitar Art International Competition (Serbia) in 2024,and 1st Prize at Brussels International Guitar Competition (Belgium) in 2024, 1st Prize at Ivor Mairants Guitar Award (UK) in 2025.
He first took up the guitar at the age of 3, and during his childhood in Japan, he won first place in more than ten junior competitions. He was also actively volunteering and performing in various care homes.
In 2019, he was awarded 1st Prize at the East End International Guitar Competition in Japan. This led to the opportunity to release his first debut album ‘To-i’ in 2020, which received the ‘Recording prize.’ In his debut solo concert in 2021, he performed Picture at the Exhibition (by Modest Mussorgsky). This gained nationwide attention and was broadcasted on Japanese national television.
In the same year, he travelled abroad to study in London at the Royal Academy of Music under Professor Michael Lewin. He has recently been awarded the Julian Bream Trust Scholarship for three consecutive years, along with 2nd Prize and the ‘Audience Prize at the Aalborg Guitar Competition (Denmark) in 2022, 1st Prize at Albania International Guitar Competition (Albania) in 2023, 1st Prize at Veria International Guitar Competition (Greece) in 2023, 1st Prize at ‘Ida Presti’ International Guitar Competition (Croatia) in 2024, 1st Prize at Guitar Art International Competition (Serbia) in 2024,and 1st Prize at Brussels International Guitar Competition (Belgium) in 2024, 1st Prize at Ivor Mairants Guitar Award (UK) in 2025.