Acclaim “Asako plays with musical passion, expressive sound, brilliant technique and impressive interpretation.”  – Machie Oguri, Tokyo Music College Profile Musical Education Tokyo College of Music Graduate School (2020), Tokyo College of Music (2019), Scholarship student of the Meiji Yasuda Cultural Foundation (2017), Scholarship student of the Aoyama Music Foundation (2018) Principal Teachers Hamao Fujiwara, Machie Oguri, Natsumi Tamai, Yasuko Ohtani, Koichiro Harada Awards Third Prize 18th Tokyo Music Competition (2020), Second Prize 16th Kloster Schontal Violin Competition…

Acclaim “She is a very talented violinist with fine musicality and technique.”  – Koichiro Harada, Tokyo University of the Arts Profile Musical Education Tokyo University of the Arts, Musik und Kunst Privatuniversität der Stadt Wien Principal Teachers Koichi Harada, Asako Urushihara, Pierre Amoyal Appointments Karajan Academy of the Berlin Philharmonic (2021); 1st Violin Vorspieler- Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra (Since 2019) Awards Fifth Prize- International Fritz Kreisler Violin Competition Vienna (2018); Fourth Prize Michael Hill International Violin Competition (2015); Third…

Profile Musical Education Conservatorium Maastricht, Toho Gakuen School of Music Principal Teachers Boris Belkin, Akuri Suzuki, Yoshio Unno. Appointments Professor of Classical Violin- Conservatorium Maastricht, Netherlands (2012-) Awards First Prize- Paganini Competition, Moscow (2006); First Prize- Japanese National Competition (2001); Enrico Costa Memorial Prize- Paganini Competition, Genoa (1997); Prizewinner- Long-Thibaud Competition in Paris; Prizewinner- Queen Elisabeth Competition; Prizewinner- Fritz Kriesler Competition