Seina Matsuoka
Violinist

 

In 2023, she won the first prize at the Szymanowski International Competition, as well as three special awards. She has also received numerous awards in various competitions, including: the 17th Matsukata Hall Music Award, the 23rd ABC Newcomer Concert Best Music Award, the 2nd Prize at the 5th Soji Angel Violin Competition, the 28th Aoyama Music Award Newcomer Prize in 2018, a semi-finalist at the 2019 Queen Elisabeth International Competition, the 8th Sendai International Competition Jury Encouragement Prize, 1st Prize and Commissioned Work Prize at the 1st International Music Competitions VŠMU, Special Prize at the 10th Fritz Kreisler International Competition.

 

As a chamber musician, she and pianist Yuto Kiguchi as the duo "Aka Duo" won first prize and the audience prize at the 26th Giulio Rospigliosi International Chamber Music Competition. Also in March last year, they won first prize and a special prize at the Pinerolo Torino International Chamber Music Competition. Furthermore in July last year, she won the first prize, the Miłosz Magin Prize and the Best Contemporary Music Performance Prize at the 3rd International Polish Music Competition in the chamber music category.

 

She has performed with the Kansai Philharmonic Orchestra, the Osaka Symphony Orchestra, the Central Aichi Symphony Orchestra and the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. She is a 2013-2016 Aoyama Foundation Music Scholar, Rotary Club of RI District 2680 Scholar and 2024 Rohm Music Foundation Scholar.

 

She graduated from the Special Performance Course at Souai University's Faculty of Music and the University's Department of Music. She then moved to Europe in 2017 and is currently enrolled at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. She has studied violin with Machie Oguri, Michael Frischenschlager and Peter Schuhmayer, and chamber music with Stefan Mendl and Johannes Meissl. 

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♪ Szymanowski - Violin Concerto No.2 Op.61