Okumura Ai is a Japanese violinist. She belongs to Concert Imagine company. The record label is avex - CLASSICS. Her father is a former violinist of Amsterdam - Concertgebouw Orchestra.
Ai Okumura was born in Amsterdam, where she started learning violin at the age of four, and stayed there until she was 7. She graduated from the Toho Gakuen University with the Diploma of Soloists. She has studied with Akiko Tatsumi, and has taken open master class lessons given by such renowned artists as Isaac Stern, Augustin Dumay, György Pauk and Itzhak Perlman.
In 1994 she won the first prize at the 48th Japan National Music Competition for Students in the middle school category. In October 1996, she appeared in a special event titled "Yo-Yo Ma, 1996 Bridging" to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Suntory Hall. In 1997 she won the second prize at Tama Fresh Music Competition. In 1999, on top of winning the first prize in the violin division of the first Super Classic Audition, she was awarded the semi-grand prize at the final round of the all division competition. She also won the second prize in the violin division of the 68th Japan Music Competition.
In December 2001, she gave a first solo recital at Tokyo Toppan Hall. In January 2002, she performed with the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra under Jiří Bělohlávek to a critical success.Also, she was toured with Sinfonia Finlandia (Jyväskylä Sinfonia) with Patrick Gallois in December 2004.
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