(born 4 June 1940, in
Tokyo
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) is a Japanese
violin
The violin, sometimes known as a ''fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone (string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in the family in regular ...
ist.
Starting the violin at age 8, she won in 1956 the first prize and special award in
The Music Competition of Japan, one of the most prestigious music contests in Japan. After that, she studied in the
Musical Arts Academy of Prague in
Czech Republic
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.
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1940 births
Living people
Japanese classical violinists
20th-century classical violinists
21st-century classical violinists
Women classical violinists
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