Tomoko Kobayashi & Ayako Imai Duo Concert

Tomoko Kobayashi
Tomoko Kobayashi Violin
Tomoko Kobayashi graduated from Toho Gakuen School of Music, Toho Girls' High School, and Toho Gakuen School of Music,
Graduated from Toho Gakuen School of Music, Berlin University of the Arts, and the State Performer Program of the University of the Arts Berlin. Obtained the German State Performer Certificate. Completed the Orchestra Academy of the Staatsoper Berlin.
She has won prizes at national and international competitions, including the All Japan Student Music Competition, the Tokyo Music Competition, the Max Rostal Violin Competition, and the Ivorica Gyalfas Violin Competition.
She has performed with the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, the New Japan Philharmonic, the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, the Japan Philharmonic, and others.
She was a 2004 DAAD scholarship recipient and a 2007 recipient of the Agency for Cultural Affairs' Overseas Study Program for Emerging Artists. He was a student of the first term of the Suntory Hall Chamber Music Academy.
Currently, he is a part-time instructor at the Toho Gakuen Music School for Children.

Ayako Imai
Ayako Imai Piano
Born in Hokkaido, Japan.
After graduating from Toho Gakuen School of Music with the highest honors, Imai studied at the Berlin University of the Arts, where she studied in the National Performing Arts Program.
She was a scholarship student of the Rohm Music Foundation and a recipient of the Japan Agency for Cultural Affairs' Overseas Study Program for Emerging Artists.
He has won prizes at national and international competitions, including the Japan Music Competition, the Bellini International Competition, and the Porto International Competition.
Performed at the Yomiuri Newcomers' Concert and the Imperial Palace's Momoka Gakudo.
She has performed with the Sapporo Symphony Orchestra and the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, and appeared at the Steinway House Concert, Mendelssohn House Concert, and Berlin Philharmonic Lunch Concert.
In recent years, he has been active as a soloist and chamber musician in regular solo recitals and various concerts such as the Chamber Music Garden at Suntory Hall and the Kirishima International Music Festival. He is an associate professor at Toho Gakuen School of Music.
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