is a Japanese violinist. She was the first prize winner of the 11th Lipinski & Wieniawski Competition for Young Violinists in Lublin, Poland. She was also the first prize winner of the 7th International Competition for Young Violinists in

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. She is the daughter of

Takayuki Hattori is a Japanese film, television, video game and non-soundtrack music composer, arranger and conductor. Early life Hattori graduated from the Conservatoire de Paris in 1988 and since then has worked in Japan. Career The works Hattori has s ...

, granddaughter of

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, and great-granddaughter of

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Biography

Moné Hattori was born into a musical family in

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. Hattori started studying the violin at the age of five with Goro Masuda; a year later, she studied under Akuri Suzuki. At the age of eight, Hattori gave her recital debut with orchestra with the Saint-Saëns Violin concerto. Since then, she has performed numerous recitals. As of 2020, Hattori studies under Zahkar Bron at the Bron Academy, as well as Akiko Tatsumi at the

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. Her solo debuts include the

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, Osaka Symphony and the Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra. Hattori currently plays on a 1743

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violin loaned from the Ueno Fine Chemicals Industry, Ltd.

Awards and appearances

* 2009: First prize, 11th Lipinski & Wieniawski Competition for Young Violinists, Lublin, Poland * 2013: Grand Prix, 9th International Competition “Young Virtuosos”,

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* 2013: First prize, 7th International Competition for Young Violinists,

* 2015: Grand Prix, Boris Goldstein International Violin Competition,

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* First prize, Japan Arts Competition *

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and

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Debut at the Trans-Siberian Art Festival

Discography

* 2016/2019: ''Waxman Carmen Fantasy and Shostakovich Violin Concerto No.1'' (Avex Classics) * 2020: ''Recital'' (Avex Classics)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hattori, Mone 1999 births Japanese violinists Japanese women violinists Living people Musicians from Tokyo