Annie Yano
Annie Asuka Yano first began violin lessons with Kenneth Goldsmith in Houston, Texas. After seven years she returned to her native Japan where she continued her studies with Tsugio Tokunaga, the former concertmaster of the NHK Symphony. While still in Tokyo she enrolled in the Toho Gakuen School of Music. In 1998 she entered the Juillliard Pre-College in New York and shortly thereafter she began studies at The Juilliard School, where she majored in violin performance under the tutelage of Naoko Tanaka. She received her Bachelor’s Degree in 2004, and her Master’s Degree in 2007 studying with both Naoko Tanaka and Joel Smirnoff.
She has participated in music festivals including the Aspen Music Festival and School, New York String Seminar, Tanglewood Music Center, Saito Kinen Festival, Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival and the Verbier Festival Orchestra. She is currently a member of the Seiji Ozawa Music Academy Orchestra.
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