演奏家簡介



主 頁 | 演奏会 | 演奏家 | 鏈 接 | 留言板

小倉 幸子 OGURA Yukiko
 portrait
奈良県出身。3歳からヴァイオリンを始める。1995年京都市立芸術大学卒業。神戸室内合奏団で活動。ア マデウス弦楽四重奏団、東京カルテットのマスタークラスを受講。1998年店村眞積と今井信子の勧めによりヴィオラに転向。室内楽やソロ活動を世界各地で 行う。サイトウ・キネン・オーケストラに参加。2000年渡米し、シカゴ芸術大学においてシカゴ交響楽団副首席奏者チャン・リクオのもとで学ぶ。シカゴシ ヴィック管弦楽団の首席奏者を努め、2001年5月にシカゴ交響楽団入団。2001年長岡京室内アンサンブルと録音したCDを発表。2000年、ユーシア 弦楽四重奏団の設立に参加。2001年フィスコフ室内楽コンクール優勝。CDを多数発表。2006年デイム・マイラ・ヘス記念コンサートに出演、同年フェ ルメール弦楽四重奏団とモーツァルトの弦楽五重奏曲を共演。ノースウェスタン大学のウィンター室内楽祭に定期的に出演。

Yukiko Ogura joined the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in 2001. Born in Nara, Japan, Ogura began violin studies at the age of three. After earning a bachelor’s degree in music at Kyoto City University of the Arts in 1995, she performed chamber concerts throughout Japan, winning a position with the Kobe City Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Gerhard Bosse. As both violinist and violist, she participated in masterclasses by the Amadeus and Toyko String Quartets. In 1998, on the recommendation of Mazumi Tanamura and with the help of Nobuko Imai, Ogura turned her attention to playing viola, leading to worldwide chamber and solo engagements, including an appearance with the Saito Kinen Orchestra under director Seiji Ozawa. In 2000 she left Japan to pursue viola studies in the United States with Li-Kuo Chang, assistant principal viola of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. She served as principal violist of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, and was appointed to the viola section of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in May 2001. Ogura is a much-sought-after performer and recording artist who has recorded with the Nagaokakyo Chamber Ensemble directed by Yuko Mori and released a CD in 2001. She is a founding member of the Eusia String Quartet, first-prize winner of the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition in 2001, which also performed and recorded a CD at Round Top in 2005 with James Dick and the Eusia Quartet, and released a CD in Japan on the N&F label in 2006. She appeared on the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts series in 2006,and also performed with the Vermeer Quartet as a special guest in Mozart’s Viola Quintet in C major that same year. In addition, Yukiko Ogura regularly appears at the Winter Chamber Music Festival at Northwestern University.





2010/12/4