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Japanese violinist · Based in Europe

Rino
Yoshimoto

As a soloist and chamber musician, she appears on stages across Europe, Asia and worldwide.

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Rino Yoshimoto with her violin
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Biography

Rino Yoshimoto with the Stradivarius Muntz

Born in Kobe in 2003, she has appeared at leading venues including Carnegie Hall and the Golden Hall of the Vienna Musikverein. Her orchestral engagements, recitals and chamber music projects have taken her throughout Europe, Asia and the United States, including a critically acclaimed tour of Spain as soloist with the Vienna Chamber Orchestra.

Yoshimoto received Second Prize at the 58th Premio Paganini International Violin Competition in 2025 and at the 10th Fritz Kreisler International Violin Competition in 2022. She is also a prizewinner of the Shanghai Isaac Stern International Violin Competition and winner of the 16th Premio Città di Padova.

She studied with Michael Frischenschlager at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna and with Augustin Dumay at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel. She later joined the Chapel’s chamber music programme, working with Miguel da Silva, Corina Belcea and Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden.

A laureate of the Gautier Capuçon Foundation, she is represented by Japan Arts and Künstlersekretariat Buchmann. Yoshimoto performs on the 1736 Stradivarius ‘Muntz,’ generously loaned by the Sasakawa Music Foundation.

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Concerts

Upcoming concerts

Concert calendar

2026

25 SEP

Musical Voyage · Piano Trio

On board · Musical Voyage

ArtistsFrank Braley, piano · João Gonçalves, cello

Programme
  • Beethoven: Piano Trio

Presented byQueen Elisabeth Music Chapel

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25 SEP

Musical Voyage · MuCH Ensemble

Small Roman Theatre · Musical Voyage

ArtistsMUCH Ensemble · Raphaël Feye, conductor

Programme
  • Ravel: Tzigane

Presented byQueen Elisabeth Music Chapel

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01 OCT

Chamber Music Concert

Cremona, Italy

ArtistsBenjamin Beilman, violin · Timothy Chooi, violin · Reiko Watanabe, violin · Nikki Chooi, violin · Christoph Vandory, viola · Raphaël Paratore, cello · Roberto Arosio, piano

Programme
  • Grażyna Bacewicz: Quartet for Four Violins
  • Benjamin Britten: Simple Symphony, Op. 4 — IV. Frolicsome Finale
  • Béla Bartók: Selections from 44 Duos for Two Violins
  • Charles Dancla: Le Carnaval de Venise, Op. 119

Presented bySasakawa Music Foundation

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02 OCT

Chamber Music Concert

Genoa, Italy

ArtistsBenjamin Beilman, violin · Timothy Chooi, violin · Reiko Watanabe, violin · Nikki Chooi, violin · Christoph Vandory, viola · Raphaël Paratore, cello · Roberto Arosio, piano

Programme
  • Grażyna Bacewicz: Quartet for Four Violins
  • Benjamin Britten: Simple Symphony, Op. 4 — IV. Frolicsome Finale
  • Béla Bartók: Selections from 44 Duos for Two Violins
  • Charles Dancla: Le Carnaval de Venise, Op. 119

Presented bySasakawa Music Foundation

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06 OCT

Chamber Music Concert

Siena, Italy

ArtistsBenjamin Beilman, violin · Timothy Chooi, violin · Reiko Watanabe, violin · Nikki Chooi, violin · Christoph Vandory, viola · Raphaël Paratore, cello · Roberto Arosio, piano

Programme
  • Grażyna Bacewicz: Quartet for Four Violins
  • Benjamin Britten: Simple Symphony, Op. 4 — IV. Frolicsome Finale
  • Béla Bartók: Selections from 44 Duos for Two Violins
  • Charles Dancla: Le Carnaval de Venise, Op. 119
  • Robert Schumann: Piano Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 47

Presented bySasakawa Music Foundation

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10 OCT

Concert & Masterclass

Fondation Montresso · Marrakech, Morocco

ArtistsKaren Kuronuma, piano

ProgrammeTo be announced

Presented byFondation Montresso

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24 OCT

Violin Recital

Meguro Persimmon Hall · Tokyo

ArtistsFumiya Koido, piano

Programme
  • Mozart: Violin Sonata in B-flat major, K. 378
  • Beethoven: Romance No. 2 in F major, Op. 50
  • Kreisler: Caprice viennois, Op. 2
  • R. Strauss: Violin Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 18

Presented byMeguro Foundation of Art and Culture

Official information Tickets Flyer
Official flyer for Rino Yoshimoto violin recital at Meguro Persimmon Hall

25 OCT

Japan Arts 50th Anniversary Gala

Suntory Hall · Tokyo

ArtistsMie Kobayashi, violin · Yoshiko Kawamoto, viola · Yoko Hasegawa, cello

Programme
  • Smetana: String Quartet No. 1 ‘From My Life’ — IV

Presented byJapan Arts

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Official flyer for the Japan Arts 50th Anniversary Gala

30 OCT

Private Recital

Oji Hall · Tokyo

ArtistsFumiya Koido, piano

Programme
  • Mozart: Violin Sonata in B-flat major, K. 378
  • Kreisler: Liebesfreud
  • Kreisler: Liebesleid
  • Massenet: Méditation from Thaïs
  • Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen
  • R. Strauss: Violin Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 18

Presented byPrivate event

11 NOV

Dynamikfest Salzburg

Salzburg, Austria

ArtistsGatien Leray, viola

ProgrammeTo be announced

Presented byDYNAMIKfest Salzburg

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15 NOV

Orchestral Concert

Crotone, Italy

ArtistsTo be announced

ProgrammeTo be announced

Presented byPremio Paganini

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31 DEC

Biwako Hall Silvester Concert

Moriyama Civic Hall · Shiga

ArtistsOsaka Symphony Orchestra · Tetsuro Ban, conductor

Programme
  • Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64

Presented byBiwako Hall / Moriyama Cultural & Sports Promotion Foundation

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2027

09 JAN

New Year Masterpieces Concert

Festival Hall · Osaka

ArtistsOsaka Philharmonic Orchestra · Shuri Matsumoto, conductor

Programme
  • Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64

Presented byOsaka Philharmonic Association

Official information Tickets
Festival Hall in Osaka

Programmes and artists are subject to change.

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Media

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Media

Videos

YouTube channel

R. Schumann · Violin Sonata No. 2 in D minor, Op. 121

Performance video

Beethoven · Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61

Keitaro Harada · Tokyo Symphony Orchestra · 2025

Paganini · Variations on ‘I Palpiti,’ Op. 13

Performance video

Photos

Selected portraits
Rino Yoshimoto in a red gown with her violinRino Yoshimoto with her violinPortrait of Rino Yoshimoto