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DANCE! VIOLA! In her new concert format “DANCE! VIOLA!” Hiyoli Togawa combines four different forms of expression: gesture, dance, music and language. At the beginning there is the silent gesture with the viola bow which slowly develops into a dance-like movement....

New album in 2021

Hiyoli Togawa’s new album “Songs of Solitude” was recorded for the label BIS. In 2020 Hiyoli Togawa made it her mission to capture the isolation that was globally dealt with during the pandemic and commissioned from 11 composers (e.g. Toshio...

CD “Romantic Viola Sonatas”

“Romantic Viola Sonatas“ was released by Naxos in January 2018. The album includes two sonatas by George Onslow and Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy as well as six nocturnes by Jan Kalivoda. Order this CD HERE.

KALEVI AHO – “Solo XII – In memoriam EJR”

Hiyoli Togawa premiered Kalevi Aho’s work for viola solo – “Solo XII – In memoriam EJR” – in August 2017 and performed it once again as part of “Krypta”, a concert series of the Hamburg Camerata, in the crypt of the church St.Michaelis in February...

World premiere

Hiyoli Togawa and Alexej Gerassimez successfully premiered “DESERTS” – a duo piece for viola and percussion – by Ferran Cruxient at the music festival Heidelberger Frühling in March 2017.
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