Japan Philharmonic Orchestra 708th Tokyo Regular Concert

Akiko Suwanai

Akiko Suwanai (諏訪内 晶子 Suwanai Akiko, born February 7, 1972) is a Japanese classical violinist.

At the age of 18, she became the youngest winner of the International Tchaikovsky Competition in 1990. In addition, she was awarded second prize in the Paganini Competition and Queen Elisabeth Competition in 1989 and is a laureate of the Music Competition of Japan.

She has studied with Toshiya Eto at the Toho Gakuen School of Music, with Dorothy DeLay and Cho-Liang Lin at the Juilliard School of Music while at Columbia University, and with Uwe-Martin Haiberg at the Universität der Künste Berlin.
After graduating from Toho Girls High School Music School, she completed the Toho Gakuen University Solo Diploma Course.
Akiko Suwanai studied abroad at the Juilliard School of Music as an Agency for Cultural Affairs overseas dispatch . Also at Columbia University which is implementing the unit exchange system with the Juilliard School of Music, he studied the history of political thought.
In 1995, she completed her master's course at the Juilliard School of Music. She studied under Dorothy Delay at the same hospital .
She also learned at Berlin College of Art .

In 1981, she ranked No. 1 in the All Japan Student Music Competition (Elementary School Division, East Japan Tournament).
In 1985, she ranked No. 1 in the All Japan Student Music Competition (Junior High School Division, National Convention).
In 1987, she ranked No. 1 in the Japanese music competition .
In 1988, she was No. 2 in the Paganini International Competition .
In 1989, she was No. 2 in the Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition .
In 1990, at Tchaikovsky International Competition she ranked first (the youngest, the first Japanese, the championship of all the judges). At the same time, she won Bach's Best Performer Award and Tchaikovsky's Best Performer Award.
She currently plays the 1714 Dolphin Stradivarius, which is on loan from the Nippon Music Foundation.

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• Suntory Hall
  サントリーホール

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  日本、〒107-0052 東京都港区赤坂１丁目１３−１  Map

• Kanagawa Prefectural Hall
  神奈川県民ホール

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  日本、〒231-0023 神奈川県横浜市中区山下町３−１  Map

• Tokyo Art Theater
  東京芸術劇場

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  日本、〒171-0021 東京都豊島区西池袋１丁目８−１  Map

• Yokohama Minato Mirai Hall
  横浜みなとみらいホール

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  日本、〒220-0012 神奈川県横浜市 西区みなとみらい２丁目３−６  Map

• Sagami Women's University Green Hall (Sagamihara City Cultural Center)
  相模女子大学グリーンホール(相模原市文化会館)

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  日本、〒228-0803 神奈川県相模原市南区相模大野４丁目４−１  Map

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