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Michiko Yoshimura

Violin

Blood type A Libra

Age started playing the instrument
3 years old

Graduated from the Department of Music at Toho Girls’ Senior High School. Subsequently completed bachelor’s and master’s programs at the Toho Gakuen School of Music.
Won first prize in the Chamber Music Category of the 30th International Johannes Brahms Competition held in Pörtschach, Austria in 2024. Took first place in the Talent Music Summer International Competition 2024 held in Italy, the Salzburg=Mozart International Chamber Music Competition 2023 held in Tokyo, and the Tokyo Regional of the 71st Student Music Concours of Japan. Was awarded the Suntory Foundation for the Arts Outstanding Instrument Special Award at the 71st Student Music Concours of Japan.
Scholarship student of the Aoyama Music Foundation in 2020 and 2021. Received the 44th and 45th Kirishima International Music Festival Awards. Has performed at graduation recitals by top students, chamber music recitals, the Beppu Argerich Music Festival, the Suntory Hall Chamber Music Garden, and the La Folle Journée Tokyo, as well as on “Recital Passio” on the NHK-FM radio network. Has also performed together with Kazuhide Isomura and Kikuei Ikeda, both formerly of the Tokyo String Quartet, as well as with Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi.
7th-Term Fellow of the Suntory Hall Chamber Music Academy.