- Yuko Inoue
, is a
Japan ese classical violist. She studied violin atKunitachi College of Music inTokyo . In 1978, she went to study with violistNobuko Imai at theRoyal Northern College of Music inManchester ,England . She was First Prize Winner at the 17th International Music Competition Budapest – Viola Competition.Inoue has served as principal violist for several orchestras, and has given recital and chamber music performances with such artists as
Gidon Kremer andJean-Jacques Kantorow .Currently she is a professor at the
Royal Academy of Music and gives viola masterclasses throughout Europe and Japan.Yuko Inoue plays a viola by
Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume dated 1852.Selected discography
* Romanze: The Romantic Viola (2000), Black Box BBM1034
*Reynaldo Hahn : Chamber Music (2003), Hyperion CDA67391 – "Soliloque et forlane" for Viola and Piano
* John Hawkins: Voices from the Sea (2003), Meridian CDE84496 – "Gestures" and "Shadows"
* J.S. Bach: Sonatas for Viola da Gamba (2006), Quartz QTZR2050References
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