Tokyo Music Competition
AOKI Atsuko
Viola
Born in: Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
1st place, String Section, The 2nd Tokyo Music Competition 2004
Musical Careers
| Profile | Born in Hyogo, Aoki completed her studies at Toho Gakuen College and the Soloist Course at Senzoku Gakuen College of Music. She studied violin under FUJII Tamiko, TOUGI Sachi, and HARADA Koichiro, and viola under OKADA Nobuo. She won 1st place at the 15th Takarazuka Vega Music Competition, the 2nd Nagoya International Music Competition, and the 2nd Tokyo Music Competition. She has performed at various events, including Viola Space and the Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival (formerly the Saito Kinen Festival Matsumoto). She has appeared as a soloist with the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra and the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, and was featured in the Tokyo Opera City recital series “B to C: From Bach to Contemporary Music” in 2012. Aoki is also active in chamber music, including a complete Beethoven string quartet cycle as a member of the Véla String Quartet. In 2014, she performed as soloist in the premiere of YANAGIDA Takayoshi’s Viola Concerto “Grace of Harmonia,” released on CD by ALM RECORDS the following year (ALCD-111). She has been principal viola of the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra since 2008. |
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