Mayuko Kamio (神尾真由子, born June 12, 1986, in Toyonaka, Osaka) is a

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

ese violinist.

Biography

Kamio currently studies with Zakhar Bron at the Hochschule Musik und Theater (HMT) in Zurich,

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

. She plays a Stradivarius from 1727, previously owned by Joseph Joachim, on loan from

Suntory (commonly referred to as simply Suntory) is a Japanese multinational brewing and distilling company group. Established in 1899, it is one of the oldest companies in the distribution of alcoholic beverages in Japan, and makes Japanese whisky. Its ...

. She has appeared with renowned orchestras, including the

Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo The Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra (french: Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, OPMC) is the main orchestra in the Principality of Monaco. The orchestra gives concerts primarily in the Auditorium Rainier III, but also performs at the Salle ...

, the Russian National Orchestra, the BBC Philharmonic, and the

Zürcher Kammerorchester The Zurich Chamber Orchestra (Zürcher Kammerorchester; ZKO, German abbreviation) is a Swiss chamber orchestra based in Zurich. The ZKO's principal concert venue in Zurich is the Tonhalle. The ZKO also performs in Zurich at the Schauspielhaus Zü ...

. She won the Young Concert Artists International Auditions in 2000 and first prize for violin in the International Tchaikovsky Competition in 2007. Kamio was born in Osaka, Japan in 1986, and began to play the violin at the age of four. Her early teachers were Chikako Satoya, Machie Oguri and Chihiro Kudo, and she worked with Koichiro Harada at the Toho Gakuen School of Music. Kamio studied in the U.S. with

Dorothy DeLay Dorothy DeLay (March 31, 1917 – March 24, 2002) was an American violin instructor, primarily at the Juilliard School, Sarah Lawrence College, and the University of Cincinnati. Life Dorothy DeLay was born on March 31, 1917, in Medicine Lodg ...

and Masao Kawasaki at the Aspen Music Festival and the pre-college division of The Juilliard School. She currently attends the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Zurich, where she works with Zakhar Bron. Kamio was one of three people (along with pianist Adam Neiman and Young Concert Artists manager Susan Wadsworth) who were the subjects of the 2003 documentary film ''Playing for Real'', directed by Josh Aronson. The film documents the difficulties in establishing a career in classical music.'Playing For Real'
official page In 2010, Kamio toured Japan with the Budapest Festival Orchestra under Iván Fischer playing the

Mendelssohn Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (3 February 18094 November 1847), born and widely known as Felix Mendelssohn, was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic music, Romantic period. Mendelssohn's compositi ...

Violin Concerto. On 2 October 2010, she played Fantasía sobre Carmen de Sarasate in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

References

External links

Artist's website, accessed 23 June 2010
* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20180329182839/http://www.aspen.jp/eng/artist/violin/mayuko-kamio/index.shtml Aspen artist's page, accessed 23 June 2010 {{DEFAULTSORT:Kamio, Mayuko 1986 births Living people Japanese classical violinists Japanese women violinists People from Toyonaka, Osaka Toho Gakuen School of Music alumni Prize-winners of the International Tchaikovsky Competition 21st-century classical violinists Women classical violinists