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Japanese violinist Mayuko Kamio, the goldmedalist of the 2007 International TchaikovskyCompetition, iswidelypraisedforherluxurioussilken tone, long expressive phrasing andvirtuoso techniques. The New York Times hascalledMs. Kamio an "exciting youngmusician"and "a radiant talent." Ms. Kamio made herconcertodebutinTokyoattheageoftenunderthe baton of Charles Dutoit, in a concertbroadcastonNHKtelevision.Sincethen,shehasappeared as soloist with the Boston Popsconducted by Keith Lockhart, the TonhalleOrchestra inZurichwithMstislavRostropovich,andtheIsraelPhilharmonicunderZubinMehta.

She has toured with the National Philharmonic of Russia conducted by VladimirSpivakov, the Budapest Festival Orchestra under Ivan Fischer, the MunichPhilharmonic under ZubinMehta, the Prague Philharmonic, the BBC Philharmonic,IsraelPhilharmonic,theOviedoSymphonyOrchestraofSpain;andappearedinJapanassoloistwiththeTokyo,Hiroshima,Kyoto,NHK,Osaka,SapporoandYomiuriNipponsymphonyorchestras;andtheJapan,TokyoandTokyoCityphilharmonics.

RecentlyshetouredwithIsraelPhilharmonicunderLudovicMorlot,theSouthAmericawiththeMunichPhilharmonicunderZubinMehta,andJapanwiththeGermanSWRSymphonyOrchestraunderFrançois-XavierRoth.Otherrecentorchestralhighlightsinclude appearances with the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Jiri Belohlavek,Budapest Festival Orchestra under Ivan Fischer, NHK Symphony Orchestra underVladimir Ashkenazy, Israel Philharmonic under Yaron Traub, Calgary PhilharmonicunderRobertoMinczukandColoradoSpringsPhilharmonicunderCarlSt.Clair.Asarecitalist, shehasperformed in suchmajor cities asNewYork,WashingtonDC, St.Petersburg,Moscow,Frankfurt,Warsaw,andTokyo.

Asaprizewinnerofthe1998MenuhinInternationalViolinCompetition,theyoungestartistevertowintheaward,Ms.KamioperformedwiththeOrchestraNationaldeLillewithLordMenuhinconducting.In2000shetookfirstprizeintheYoungConcertArtistsInternational Auditions, and in 2004 shewon the firstMonte Carlo ViolinMastersCompetition. As part of this award, she made concerto appearances at the SalleGaveauinPariswiththeOrchestraoftheConservatoireSupérieurdeParisconductedbyJean-MichelDurand,andinMonteCarlowiththePhilharmonicOrchestraof

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Monaco,conductedbyEliahuInbal.Thatsameyear,shewasawardedthegoldmedalatthefirstInternationalDavidOistrakhViolinCompetitioninUkraine.

ShehasreleasedfourrecordingsontheSONYandBMGlabels,asonatarecordingofFranck, Brahms and Strauss, a concerto recording of Tchaikovsky and ProkofievConcerti, a collection of violin solo works with piano of Chausson, Stravinsky,Szymanowski,WaxmanandPaganini's24CapricesforSoloViolin.

Ms.KamiowasborninOsaka,Japanin1986,andbegantoplaytheviolinattheageoffour.HerearlyteacherswereChikakoSatoya,MachieOguriandChihiroKudo,andsheworkedwithKoichiroHaradaattheTohoGakuenSchoolofMusic.ShestudiedintheU.S.withDorothyDeLayandMasaoKawasakiattheAspenMusicFestivalandthepre-collegedivisionofTheJuilliardSchool.Shecompletedartist'sdiplomastudiesattheHochschulefürMusikundTheaterinZurich,wheresheworkedwithZakharBron.Ms.Kamio received a grant from the Bagby Foundation for theMusical Arts, and is arecipientoftheprestigiousIdemitsuMusicAward.MayukoKamioplaysonthe1735"Sennhauser"madebyJosephGuarneridelGesu,kindlyofferedbytheStradSocietyinChicago.

Awards • XIII International Tchaikovsky Competition. Winner • Monte Carlo Violin Masters international competition. Winner • International Divid Oistrakh Violin Competition. Winner • Yehudi Menuhin International Violin Competition. Prizewinner

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Repertoire

J.S.Bach - Concerto No. 1 in a minor J.S.Bach - Concerto No. 2 in E major J.S.Bach - Concerto for Two Violins in d minor

Barber - Concerto for Violin and Orchestra

Bartok - Concerto No. 2

Beethoven - Concerto in D Major Beethoven - Triple Concerto in C Major

Berg - Concerto for Violin and Orchestra

Bernstein - Serenade for Violin, String Orchestra, Harp and Percussion (1954)

Bizet/Waxman - Carmen Fantasie

Brahms - Concerto in D Major Brahms - Double Concerto for Violin & cello in a minor

Bruch - Concerto in g minor

Dvorák - Concerto in a minor

Glazunov - Concerto in a minor

Khachaturian - Concerto in d minor

Korngold - Concerto in D Major

Lalo - Symphonie Espagnole

Mendelssohn - Concerto in e minor

Mozart - Concerto No. 3 in G Major, K. 216 Mozart - Concerto No. 4 in D Major, K. 218 Mozart - Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219 Mozart - Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, viola and Orchestra

Paganini - Concerto No. 1 in D Major

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Prokofiev - Concerto No. 1 in D Major

Prokofiev - Concerto No. 2 in g minor

Saint-Saens - Concerto No. 3 in b minor

Schnittke - Concerto Grosso No.1 for Two Violins and Orchestra Schnittke - Sonata No. 1 for Violin and Chamber Orchestra

Shostakovich - Concerto No. 1 in a minor

Sibelius - Concerto in d minor

Spohr - Concerto No. 8 in a minor

Stravinsky - Concerto in D Major

Tchaikovsky - Concerto in D Major

Vieuxtemps - Concerto No. 5 in a minor

Vivaldi - The Four Seasons

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