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Nobuko Imai
12+ albums
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Nobuko Imai (今井 信子 Imai Nobuko, born March 18, 1943 in Tokyo), is a Japanese classical violist with an extensive career as soloist and chamber musician. Since 1988 she plays an Andrea Guarneri of 1690. Imai began her training at Tokyo's Toho Gakuen School of Music and soon after went to the United States where she studied at the Juilliard School and Yale University. She won the Young Concert Artists International Auditions in 1967 and won highest prize at both the Geneva International Music Competition and ARD International Music Competition at Munich. She has worked in chamber music projects with such artists as Martha Argerich, Kyung-Wha Chung, Heinz Holliger, Mischa Maisky, Midori, Murray Perahia, Gidon Kremer, Yo Yo Ma, Itzhak Perlman, András Schiff, Isaac Stern and Pinchas Zukerman, and appeared with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, and Chicago Symphony Orchestra. She is a former member of the Vermeer Quartet and is the founder and a member of the Michaelangelo Quartet with Stephan Picard, Mihaela Martin and Frans Helmerson. For young musicians from Japan and the Netherlands, she founded the East West Baroque Academy. Her discography includes more than 30 releases on labels such as BIS, Chandos, DG, EMI, Hyperion, and Philips. She has been a recipient of numerous awards including the Avon Ar
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Sonata for Solo Viola, Op. 25 (1922): IV. Rasendes Zeitmass. Wild. Tonschönheit ist Nebensache
1,5702Partita No. 3 in E Major for Solo Violin, BWV 1006: I. Preludio
7073Partita No. 3 in E Major for Solo Violin, BWV 1006: II. Loure
3074Partita No. 3 in E Major for Solo Violin, BWV 1006: III. Gavotte en Rondeau
2925Partita No. 3 in E Major for Solo Violin, BWV 1006: V. Bourée
2836Partita No. 3 in E Major for Solo Violin, BWV 1006: IV. Menuet 1 & 2
2777Partita No. 3 in E Major for Solo Violin, BWV 1006: VI. Gigue
2738Viola Sonata in D minor: I. Allegro moderato
1589Viola Sonata, Op. 11, No. 4: I. Fantasie: Ruhig
14810Rondeau 14: Ma fin est mon commencement (arr. N. Imai and M. Miki)
145albums
MILHAUD: 4 Visages / ENESCU: Concert Piece
Viola Bouquet
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The Darkest Classical String Pieces
RUBINSTEIN / GLINKA / GLAZUNOV / STRAVINSKY / SHOSTAKOVICH: Russian Viola Music
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The 99 Most Essential Pieces of Classical Music
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Bach - 100 Supreme Classical Masterpieces: Rise of the Masters
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Rubinstein, Glinka, Glazunov, Stravinsky, Shostakovich: Russian Viola Music
Bach / Dowland / Isaac / Machaut: Antiquities
MOZART: Complete String Quintets, Vol. 2
HINDEMITH: Viola Sonatas / Meditation
REGER: Romance for Viola and Piano / Three Suites for Viola / Viola Sonata
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Hosokawa / Penderecki / Norgard: Viola Space Japan 10th Anniversary