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Rio Arai

Born in Tokyo in 1999.

After attending Tokyo University of the Arts, Faculty of Music as a special scholarship student, She graduated at the top and received the Acanthus Music Award and the Mitsubishi Estate Award. She also received the Fukushima Prize, the Ataka Prize, and the Ryohei Miyata Scholarship while still a student.

Graduated from the Conservatoire de Lausanne.

First prize and audience prize in the string section of the 15th Tokyo Music Competition.

She won the first prize in the violin section of the 87th Japan Music Competition, as well as the Leucadia Prize, the Sumi Prize, and the Kuroyanagi Prize.

She won the 6th prize in the violin section of the 7th Sendai International Music Competition.

Selected as a soloist for Fendi's worldwide "Fendi Renaissance - Anima Mundi" project.

She has performed as soloist with NHK Symphony Orchestra, Yomiuri Symphony Orchestra, Lausanne Sinfonietta, Macau Orchestra, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, New Japan Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra, Kansai Philharmonic Orchestra, Central Aichi Symphony Orchestra, Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra, Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra, Gunma Symphony Orchestra, and Philharmonia Orchestra of the University of the Arts.

Currently, she is using "J.F.Pressenda" made in 1837, which is loaned by Japan Violin Co.

She has studied under Gerard Poulet, Takashi Nagamine, Kazuki Sawa, Takako Yamazaki, and Natsumi Tamai.

Currently studying under Janine Jansen and Masafumi Hori.