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Ushioda Masuko

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Masuko Ushioda (1942-2013) is a violinist of unparalleled renown. Known as a "child prodigy" since childhood, she won the first prize and a special prize at a music competition at the age of 15, and in 1966 won the second prize at the 3rd International Tchaikovsky Competition. She has performed with major orchestras around the world, and in Japan she has participated in the Saito Kinen Orchestra and the Mito Chamber Orchestra, where she was concert mistress. This program will trace her great footsteps by listening to the depth of her atmospheric performances of Prokofiev, which she performed with her former teacher Hideo Saito in 1959, and Stravinsky, which she recorded in her later years. (C)RS