Hina Maeda
Violin
Born in Oosaka, Japan in 2002. She started to learn violin at the age of four, and had studied under Atsuko Inoue, Etsuyo Maeda and has currently been studying under Machie Oguri, Kouichiro Harada and Mayuko Kamio. She won the first prize at the 67th Students Music Concours Japan (in the section of primary school students). She passed the soloist audition for Bonanza for 18 years old or younger. She won the first prize for the section of 14 years or younger, Virtuoso award, and Forderpreis which is given to the contestant who marked the highest score for all the sections, in the 16th International Competition for Violin, Kloster Schöntal (in Germany). In 2019, she participated in Tsinandali Festival (Georgia) selected as an academy student. She also won many awards in competitions, auditions and master classes in and outside of Japan, including in Kirishima International Music Festival, IMA Encouragement Prize, Matsukata Hall Music Encouragement prize, Kronberg-Academy scholarship. Since she was 11 years old, she has been performing as a soloist in major orchestras in Kansai area such as the one conducted by Sachio Fujioka, Kansai Philharmonic Orchestra, Oosaka Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Keiko Mitsuhashi as well as HAMA’s JACK Orchestra mainly consisted by NHK Symphony Orchestra members, and Odense Symphonica. She studied at Soai Junior Conservatory of Music. She is enrolled in Yutaka Sado and Super Kids Orchestra. Since the fiscal year 2016, she had received a scholarship for Yamaha Music Foundation for three years. She was a scholarship student at the 48th Ezoe Memorial Recruit Foundation (Public interested incorporated foundation). She studies in Tokyo College of Music Highschool as a special scholarship student.