Born in Tokyo. Prize-winner at the Japan Players Competition and the Osaka International Music Competition. Alongside her international concert career as a member of the Camerata de Lausanne, she was awarded the Filliere Diplom de Soliste with distinction in 2007 under Pierre Amoyal at the Conservatoire HEM de Lausanne. In 2011, she completed her Master’s degree with distinction at the Vienna Conservatory Private University under Werner Hink and Anton Sorokow.
2009–2010: fourth concertmaster of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra; guest concertmaster of the National Symphony Orchestra of Colombia. 2010–2015: Second concertmaster of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra’s chamber orchestra, Concertino Wien. Since then, she has performed at numerous concerts, including at the Bregenz Festival, the chamber music series at the Vienna Musikverein, and at international festivals.
Drawing on this experience, she organises an international social music project for children as a lecturer and is expanding her activities to South America and Asia.
She has been a member of the Camerata Salzburg since 2013, first concertmaster of the RTV Symphony Orchestra Slovenja since 2014, and section leader of the second violins of the Austro-Hungarian Haydn Philharmonic since 2015. She performs 60 to 100 times a year as a chamber musician, concertmaster and soloist all over the world.
Interview
In conversation with Kana Matsui
What is it like for you to play in a chamber orchestra?
It feels like a great responsibility to me.
If the CAMERATA’s music were a culinary speciality from your home country – what would it be and why?
フグ鍋/Hugunabe.
If Mozart were still alive, what would you like to say to him?
I would say to him: ‘Thank you for who you are…’.
What would you like to convey to the audience at your concerts?
I’d like to convey to the audience the meaning and value of life.
