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Sae Niwa

Sae Niwa

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2nd prize at All Japan Student Music Competition, Stradivarius International Competition, and Swedish International Duo Competition. After graduating from the music department of Toho Girls' High School, she went to the United States on a full scholarship. In 2011, he served as a violinist with the Jasper String Quartet, performing more than 100 concerts a year at prominent concert halls in the United States and abroad. Studied under the Tokyo Quartet at Yale University. He has won first prizes at numerous chamber music competitions, including the Ploughman Chamber Music Competition and the Coleman Competition. Awarded the Cleveland Quartet Award by the National Chamber Music Society. He made his debut at Carnegie Hall and Wigmore Hall, and was a resident quartet at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. Studied violin under Koichiro Harada, Cho Liangling, and Donald Wallenstein. The CD "UNBOUND" was nominated for an Academy Award. Beethoven's work No. 131 has been digitally released and has been highly acclaimed.

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