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Akiko Kobayashi, Violin

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Akiko Kobayashi, Violin

Biography

New York-born violinist Akiko Kobayashi is an enthusiastic solo and chamber music player, noted by the IBLA Grand Prize Competition for her “remarkably precise and honest playing, with no artificial effects” and The Boston Musical Intelligencer as “excellent…top-notch.”  She has appeared as a soloist with the Yonkers Philharmonic Orchestra, Tokyo Suginami Kokaido Chamber Orchestra, and Interharmony Festival Orchestra. She won First Prize in the American Protégé International Piano and Strings Competition and the Richmond County Orchestra Concerto Competition, and her other awards include: Distinguished Musician Diploma at the IBLA Grand Prize Competition, Yonkers Philharmonic Concerto Competition Second Prize Winner, National Federation of Music Clubs semi-finalist, and Chaminade Music Club Scholarship Winner.

Her recital appearances include Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall in the Young Musicians Concert sponsored by the MTNA League; Steinway Hall in New York; Cathedral of St. John in New York; the All-Mozart Fall Festival Gala Concert near Pittsburgh, PA where she co-presented lecture concerts; the Gala Chamber Music Concert at the Nyack Academy of Music Summer Festival where she collaborated with founding member of the American String Quartet; and a benefit concert for the Annie Le Memorial Fellowship Fund which she founded and coordinated, sponsored by the Association of Yale Asian American Alumni. This spring she will be making a debut appearance as soloist with the West Islip Symphony.

She enjoys exploring challenges beyond the range of music, as when she graduated with a double degree in biology and music from Yale University. She graduated with a Master of Music in Classical Violin from the Manhattan School of Music and has studied with Sidney Harth, Victor Aitay, Zvi Zeitlin, and Felix Galimir. Visit http://www.akikokobayshi.net.


Performances by Akiko Kobayashi

Composer Title Date Action
Béla Bartók Romanian Folk Dances 07/08/2013 Play Add to playlist
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 17 in C Major, K.296 07/08/2013 Play Add to playlist
Fritz Kreisler Liebesfreud 07/08/2013 Play Add to playlist

Akiko Kobayashi Concerts

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