How to prepare for a competition: Andrea Burger, Tokyo International Viola Competition
2022-06-02T00:02:00
The violist recalls the strategies that led to her victory in June 2015
The reason I enter competitions in general is to set myself a goal. I was at the Tokyo Competition in 2012, while I was studying with Nobuko Imai, because she realised I needed to have a goal to work towards and a deadline so that I could focus my energies. At that time I hadn’t found my own individual voice, and I knew that aiming for a set goal was the best way to do that.