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Japanese violinist Rino Yoshimoto performs internationally as a soloist and chamber musician. A Second Prize winner at the 58th Premio Paganini and the 10th Fritz Kreisler International Violin Competition, she has appeared at Carnegie Hall and the Golden Hall of the Vienna Musikverein. She performs on the 1736 Stradivarius ‘Muntz,’ on loan from the Sasakawa Music Foundation.
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Based in Europe, Japanese violinist Rino Yoshimoto performs internationally as a soloist and chamber musician. Her appearances include Carnegie Hall, the Golden Hall of the Vienna Musikverein and a Spanish tour with the Vienna Chamber Orchestra. She received Second Prize at the 58th Premio Paganini in 2025 and at the 10th Fritz Kreisler International Violin Competition in 2022. Yoshimoto studied with Michael Frischenschlager in Vienna and with Augustin Dumay at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel. A laureate of the Fondation Gautier Capuçon, she performs on the 1736 Stradivarius ‘Muntz,’ on loan from the Sasakawa Music Foundation.
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The 23-year-old Japanese violinist Rino Yoshimoto has rapidly emerged as one of the most captivating young artists of her generation. She has performed in many of the world’s leading concert halls, including Carnegie Hall and the Golden Hall of the Vienna Musikverein, as well as major venues throughout Europe and Asia. Her international career has taken her across Europe, including a critically acclaimed tour of Spain as soloist with the Vienna Chamber Orchestra. She has also appeared in solo recitals and numerous orchestral and chamber music projects in Japan, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, France, Greece, Italy, Russia, Spain and the United States. Yoshimoto is a prizewinner of several major international competitions. Most recently, she was awarded Second Prize at the 58th Premio Paganini International Violin Competition in 2025. She also received Second Prize at the 10th Fritz Kreisler International Violin Competition in 2022, Fourth Prize at the 2024 ISANGYUN Competition and a prize at the 2020 Shanghai Isaac Stern International Violin Competition. At the 16th International Music Competition ‘Premio Città di Padova,’ she won First Prize in the Strings, Virtuoso and Soloist with Orchestra divisions, as well as the Grand Prix across all categories. A laureate of the Fondation Gautier Capuçon, Promotion 2025, Yoshimoto performs on the 1736 Stradivarius ‘Muntz,’ generously loaned by the Sasakawa Music Foundation. She began her studies in Vienna at the age of fourteen with Professor Michael Frischenschlager. At seventeen, she joined Augustin Dumay’s class at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel, where she graduated from the violin programme with highest distinction and received her Artist Diploma in 2026. She is currently pursuing an Artist Diploma in chamber music at the same institution, studying with Miguel da Silva, Corina Belcea and Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden.
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Photo: Keiji Fujita. Photographer credit is required for publication.
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Rino Yoshimoto performs on the 1736 Stradivarius violin known as the ‘Muntz,’ generously loaned by the Sasakawa Music Foundation.
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