Background
Imai, Nobuko was born on March 18, 1943 in Tokyo, Japan.
Imai, Nobuko was born on March 18, 1943 in Tokyo, Japan.
Student, Toho School of Music, Tokyo. Student, Juilliard School, United States of America. Student, Yale University, United States of America.
Member Vermeer Quartet, 1974—1979. Soloist with Berlin Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic, British Broadcasting Corporation orchestras, Detroit Symphony, Chicago Symphony, Concertgebouw, Montreal Symphony, Boston Symphony, Vienna Symphony, Orchestre de Paris, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, Tokyo’s Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai Symphony. Festival performances at Marlborough, Salzburg, Lockenhaus, Casals, South Bank, Summer Music, Aldeburgh, British Broadcasting Corporation Promotions, International Viola Congress (Houston), New York "Y", Festival d'Automne, Paris.
Professor High School of Music, Detmold, 1985. Artistic Advisory Casals Hall, Tokyo. Conceived International Hindemith Viola Festival, London, New York, Tokyo, 1995.
Vermeer Quartet 1974-1979.
Married Aart van Bochove, 1981. 2 children.