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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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