4VIOLAS CONCERT 2nd

Details of Performers
Akira Ii
Akira Ii graduated from Toho Gakuen Girls' High School for Music (coeducational), and then entered the Toho Gakuen School of Music. After graduating from Toho Gakuen School of Music, he switched to viola in his fourth year, and completed his studies at the same school. Her activities are not limited to classical music, but include pops, rock, and collaborations with Japanese drums. She has studied viola with the late Junko Edo, Hideko Kobayashi, and Masazumi Tonomura, and chamber music with Hakuro Mori, Koichiro Harada, Sadao Harada, Nobuko Imai, and the Tokyo Quartet.
Currently, he is a part-time lecturer at Takushoku University and the director of the Kleine Harmony Orchestra.

Kuribayashi, Eri
Born in 1997. She won the second prize at the 14th Czech Music Competition. Grand Prize at the 3rd Sainokuni String Competition. Awarded the Excellence Prize at the 22nd KOBE International Music Competition. Awarded the Excellence Prize and the Jury's Special Prize at the 6th Kariya International Music Competition. Awarded the Excellence Prize at the 32nd New Performers Competition of the Ichikawa City Cultural Promotion Foundation. First Prize at the 11th Akiyoshidai Music Competition. She has studied violin under Naaki Tamai, Taro Uemura, and Tomoko Yoshimura, and viola under Toshihiko Ichitsubo and Ryo Sasaki. She was a graduate of Tokyo University of the Arts High School of Music, and completed her master's degree at the same university. 2021 and 2022 Soji Angel Foundation Scholarship recipient, 2022 Kioi Hall Orchestra Season Member, 2022 Kioi Hall Orchestra Season Member.

Aya Sugiura
Graduated from the Faculty of Music, Tokyo University of the Arts, and completed the post-graduate course at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Antwerp, Belgium. A former core member of the Hyogo Performing Arts Center Orchestra, she will participate in the 2019 Afinis Summer Music Festival. He studied viola with Toshihiko Ichitsubo, Yuki Hyakutake, and Leo de Neve. He has also participated in a wide variety of activities, not only in classical music, but also in recordings for Netflix, drama plays, and video game music.
Currently, he is the Viola Vorspieler (second chair) of the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra and the principal of the Naoya Iwaki Pops Orchestra.

Rei Matsumoto
Rei Matsumoto graduated from Toho Girls' Senior High School of Music, Toho Senior High School of Music, Toho Senior High School of Music, and Toho Senior High School of Music. While in school, she performed in the student's concert for those with outstanding grades. While in graduate school, she switched to the viola department. She has studied violin under Manki Sugai, Yuko Hasegawa, Akiko Tazawa, the late Yoshiko Nagura, and the late Nobuo Okada. Currently, she performs as an extra in orchestras in Tokyo, and is active as a freelance musician.