Akiko Suwanai

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

Akiko Suwanai
諏訪内 晶子
Born (1972-02-07) February 7, 1972
Origin Japan Tokyo
GenresClassical
Occupation(s)Violinist
InstrumentsViolin
Years active1990 – Present
LabelsDecca Records
Websiteakiko-suwanai

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.[1]

She currently plays the 1714 Dolphin Stradivarius, which is on loan from the Nippon Music Foundation.

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References

Decca Music Group's Biography for Akiko Suwanai
Akiko Suwanai Official website (in Japanese)

  1. "Biography". Retrieved August 17, 2009.
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