Kaoru Oe
Violin
Blood type OAquarius
Age started playing the instrument
5 years old
Favorite part of the instrument
Its delicate timbre.
Recipient of numerous awards both within and outside Japan, including placing third in the International Violin Competition Leopold Mozart in 2019, where she also won the Commissioned Piece Prize, and placing first in the Music Competition of Japan in 2013, where she received all awards starting with the Masusawa Prize. Has played together with numerous orchestras thus far, including the NHK Symphony Orchestra, the Munich Radio Orchestra, the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, the Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra, the New Japan Philharmonic and the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra under the conducting of Tadaaki Otaka, Eiji Oue, Toshiyuki Kamioka and Kazuki Yamada, among others.
Has also performed chamber music numerous times alongside noted artists such as Steven Isserlis, Christian Tetzlaff, Sir András Schiff and Kazune Shimizu. Has studied under Hisashi Nakatsuka, Yumiko Shibuya, Masafumi Hori, Keiko Urushihara, Yuzuko Horigome and Christian Tetzlaff. Released debut CD titled “DVORAK: Violin Concerto” on the Octavia Records label in February 2020. Chosen as a Specially-Selected Record by The Record Geijutsu magazine.
Entered the Toho Gakuen School of Music’s Soloist Diploma Course as a scholarship student. Simultaneously studied at the Keio University Faculty of Law. Completed studies at the Kronberg Academy in Germany.
Has served as a Concert Master in the Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra since 2023. Is currently Principal 2nd Violin in the Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne and resident player in the Japan National Orchestra.
