Akiko Suwanai
Akiko Suwanai ( Japanese 諏 訪 内 晶 子 , Suwanai Akiko ; born February 7, 1972 in Tokyo Prefecture ) is a Japanese violinist .
Career
Suwanai is the youngest winner of the international Tchaikovsky competition in 1990. Suwanai also won second prize in the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition in 1989. She studied with Toshiya Etô at the Tôhô Gakuen School, with Dorothy DeLay and Cho-Liang Lin at the Juilliard School and with Uwe-Martin Haiberg at the Berlin University of the Arts . Since August 2000 Akiko Suwanai has been playing on Stradivari's “Dolphin” from 1714, on loan from the Nippon Music Foundation . She has released numerous CDs.
Discography
- 1997: Concerto No. 1 / Scottish Fantasy
- 1998: Suwanai: Souvenir
- 2001: Violin Concerto, etc.
- 2001: Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E Minor / Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D Major
- 2002: Brahms, Dvořák, Janáček
- 2003: Sibelius & Walton Violin Concertos
- 2004: Poème
- 2006: Bach: Violin Concertos
Web links
- Akiko Suwanai's sound carrier in the catalog of the German National Library
- Official Website (Japanese)
Individual evidence
- ↑ nmf.or.jp: About Nippon Music Foundation - Instruments Owned by Nippon Music Foundation , accessed January 11, 2018
- ↑ Biography on Universal-Music.co.jp (accessed on May 17, 2010)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Suwanai, Akiko |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 諏 訪 内 晶 子 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese violinist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 7th February 1972 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tokyo Prefecture , Japan |