Rina Matsuda
Violin
Lina Matsuda graduated from the music high school attached to Tokyo University of Fine Arts andMusic. She then completed the soloist diploma course at Toho Gakuen School of Music, and from2006 attended Nuremberg University of Music in Germany. She graduated first in her class bothfrom that university in 2007 and from the same university’s graduate school in 2010.Lina Matsuda gave her first solo recital in 1999, and in 2001 she won 1st Prize in the ViolinDivision of the 10th Japan Mozart Competition, becoming that competition’s youngest-ever 1stPrize winner. In 2002 she gave a solo recital at Toppan Hall (Tokyo) with the theme “The 16-year-old interpreter of Ysaye.” In 2004, Lina took 1st Prize at the 73rd Japan Music Competition, whereshe also received Leucadia Prize, Washimi Prize, and Kuroyanagi Prize. In 2007 she was awardedthe Diploma Prize in the Sarasate International Competition. She is a winner of the 12th HotelOkura Music Award, Akiyoshidai Music Academy Award, and 2013 Nippon Steel & SumitomoMetal Music Award.Lina has performed with many leading conductors and orchestras, including the NHK SymphonyOrchestra, Tokyo Symphony, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony, Tokyo Philharmonic, JapanPhilharmonic, New Japan Philharmonic, Kanagawa Philharmonic, Sapporo Symphony, OsakaPhilharmonic, NHK Chamber Orchestra, Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra, JanacekChamber Orchestra, and Vietnam Symphony Orchestra.In 2006, Lina released her debut album on Victor Entertainment, "Dolce Lina: Two Mozart ViolinSonatas," and gave a highly successful six-city Japan tour with sold-out concert halls in Osaka,Tokyo, and Yokohama. In 2008 she released her second album, “Carmen,” recorded in Berlin withthe renowned pianist Pavel Gililov. In 2010, she released “Ravel Live,” recorded live at her recitalwith pianist Kazune Shimizu at Kioi Hall, Tokyo. In November of that year, she released an albumof the complete Ysaye unaccompanied violin sonatas, which was named as a special selection of“Record Geijutsu” magazine.
Official Website: linamatsuda.com
(As of November 2016)
Official Website: linamatsuda.com
(As of November 2016)
