Nonoko Otsuka / Violin

Nonoko Otsuka was Born in Japan.

• Graduated from Toho Junior and Senior High School, affiliated with Toho College of Music
• Graduated from Toho College of Music
• Studied in Europe and completed studies at the Prayner Conservatory of Music and Dramatic Arts in Vienna, receiving the Austrian Government Diploma
• Performed in numerous concerts during her stay in Europe
• Awarded the Encouragement Prize at the 57th Kitakyushu Classical Music Competition
• Since 2024, serving as concertmaster of the chamber orchestra Armonioso
• Released two CDs from Sonare Art Office (King Records)
• Third CD release scheduled for August 2025
• In July 2025, performed Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto with Arts Simfònica Jove in Spain to great acclaim
• Actively engaged in teaching; her violin school was featured in sweet magazine (Takarajimasha)
• In March 2025, launched “Neitore – Sound × Training,” a violin class integrating posture improvement training
• Studied violin under the late Eiji Shirai, Masakatsu Tateichi, Atsushi Shirai,
  　René Staar (Second Violinist, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra),
  　Wolfgang David, and Elisa Kawaguchi
• Studied chamber music under Kazuoki Fujii