| Akiko Suwanai | |
| Native Name: | 諏訪内 晶子 |
| Birth Date: | 7 February 1972 |
| Origin: | Tokyo, Japan |
| Instrument: | Violin |
| Genre: | Classical |
| Occupation: | Violinist |
| Years Active: | 1990 – Present |
| Label: | Decca Records |
is a Japanese classical violinist.
At the age of 18, she became the youngest winner of the International Tchaikovsky Competition in 1990. In addition, she was awarded second prize in the Paganini Competition in 1988 and Queen Elisabeth Competition in 1989 and is a laureate of the Music Competition of Japan.
She has studied with Toshiya Eto at the Toho Gakuen School of Music, with Dorothy DeLay and Cho-Liang Lin at the Juilliard School of Music while at Columbia University, and with Uwe-Martin Haiberg at the Universität der Künste Berlin.[1]
Until 2019 she played the 1714 Dolphin Stradivarius, on loan from the Nippon Music Foundation. After it was returned she received the "Charles Reade" Guarneri del Gesù on loan from Japanese collector Ryuji Ueno.[2]
Concerto No. 1 / Scottish Fantasy
Akiko Suwanai, violin
Sir Neville Marriner, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
November 11, 1997: Philips Classics Records
Akiko Suwanai, violin; Phillip Moll, piano
June 8, 1998: Philips Classics Records
Violin Concerto, etc.
Akiko Suwanai, violin
Iván Fischer, Budapest Festival Orchestra
October 9, 2001: Decca Music Group
Violin Concerto in E Minor / Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D Major
Akiko Suwanai, violin
Vladimir Ashkenazy, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
December 20, 2001: Decca Music Group
Akiko Suwanai, violin
May 8, 2002: Philips Classics Records
Akiko Suwanai, violin
Sakari Oramo, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
2003: Decca Music Group
Akiko Suwanai, violin
Charles Dutoit, Philharmonia Orchestra of London
November 9, 2004: Decca Music Group
Violin Concertos
Akiko Suwanai, violin
May 2, 2006: Decca Music Group
Decca Music Group's Biography for Akiko Suwanai
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/8634895/Classical-violinist-Akiko-Suwanais-240000-unpaid-tax-bill.htmlAkiko Suwanai Official website