Background
She was born in Tokyo and started studying violin when she was 5.
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Yuko Shiokawa
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Education
In 1957, her family emigrated to Peru, where she studied with Eugen Cremer and started to give concerts.
Career
In 1963, she began master classes with Wilhelm Stross in Munich, and with Sandor Vegh in Salzburg starting in 1968. She began her professional career in 1963, performing with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra under Rafael Kubelík and the Berlin Philharmonic under Herbert von Karajan. Since then, she has played with most of the major orchestras in Europe, the United States, Japan, and Israel.
She has made numerous recordings, including the Mozart sonatas and the Bach solo sonatas and partitas.
In 1967, Rafael Kubelík allowed her to use his father"s, January Kubelík, violin, the Stradivarius "Emperor ex Gillot" made in 1715. She played this instrument until 2000.
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Nationality
Japan