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Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

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Violin

The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....

ist. She joined the Toho Gakuen School of Music

Toho Gakuen School of Music

is a private conservatoire located in Chōfu, Tokyo, Japan.-History:Toho Gakuen was founded in 1948 in Kudan as a music school for children, and two years later opened the Toho High School of Music, to provide quality musical education to teenage girls. 1955 saw the establishment of the Junior...

 in 2005. In 2006, she was second prize winner in the XIII Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition

Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition

The international Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition is a competition for violinists up to age 30 that takes place every five years in Poznań, Poland, in honor of the virtuoso and composer Henryk Wieniawski. The first competition took place in 1935 in Warsaw, 100 years after the birth of its...

. Suzuki performed her debut recital at Yokosuka in spring 2005 and was selected as best talented young violinist. She also played some concertos with the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra

Tokyo Symphony Orchestra

The , or TSO, was established in 1946 as the Toho Symphony Orchestra . It assumed its present name in 1951.Based in Kawasaki, the TSO performs in numerous concert halls and serves as the pit ensemble for some productions at New National Theatre, Tokyo, the city's leading opera house...

, New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, Sendai Philhamonic Orchestra, and Poznan Philharmonic Orchestra.

Competition and awards

• 10th Violin competition for children: Gold Prize in 1998.
• 10th Japan Classic Music Competition: 2nd Prize (no 1st Prize) in 2000.
• 57th All Japan Student Music Competition: 1st Prize in 2003.
• 13th Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition
  Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition
  The international Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition is a competition for violinists up to age 30 that takes place every five years in Poznań, Poland, in honor of the virtuoso and composer Henryk Wieniawski. The first competition took place in 1935 in Warsaw, 100 years after the birth of its...
  
  : 2nd Prize in 2006.