Akemi Takayama

Applied Area(s):
Violin

Education

Artist Diploma and M.M, the Cleveland Institute of Music
Professional Studies in Violin Performance, University of Wyoming
B.M., Toho School of Music

Personal Highlights

Member of the Audubon Quartet since 1997. Concertmaster of the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra, Opera Roanoke and Williamsburg Symphonia. Recent solo performances include Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons", Beethoven Violin Concerto, Brahms Double Concerto.

Acclaimed by Isaac Stern as "a true musician," she was invited to the Marlboro Music Festival and has served on the faculties of the Chautauqua Institute in New York, the Idyllwild School for the Arts in California, the Brevard Music Center in North Carolina, to name a few. Ms. Takayama has served as a Judge for MTNA, The Violin Society of America, among others.

Performance Schedule:

Oct. 4-7, Ronaoke Symphony

Oct. 5 & 7, Audubon Quartet concerts, Roanoke

Oct. 8-13, Audubon Quartet residency, SU

Oct. 11, Audubon Quartet, SU

Oct. 13, Audubon Quartet, Washington Conservatory

Oct. 14-17, Williamsburg Symphonia

Oct. 26, Roanoke Symphony

Oct. 27, Lynchburg Symphony (solo)

Oct. 29, Shenandoah Trio, Richmond

Oct. 30, Williamsburg Symphonia

Nov. 2, MTNA competition judge
Nov. 3, Flute Quartet concert, SU
Nov. 4-7, Williamsburg Symphonia (solo)
Nov. 10-12, Roanoke Symphony
Nov. 14, Audubon Quartet, Lexington
Nov. 16, Audubon Quartet, Blacksburg
Nov. 18, Audubon Quartet, Michigan

Dec. 1 & 2, Williamsburg Symphonia
Dec. 6-9, Roanoke Symphony
Dec. 13, Shenandoah Trio, Richmond
Dec. 14 & 15, Master Choral, Blacksburg
Dec. 16, Private Students' Recital
Dec. 19-23, Williamsburg Symphonia

Jan. 11-14, Roanoke Symphony, Roanoke & Staunton
Jan. 19, SU Audition
Jan. 22-27, Audubon Quartet Residency, SU
Jan. 26, Audubon Quartet concert, SU
Jan. 27, Audubon Quartet, Washington Conservatory

Feb. 3, Williamsburg Symphonia
Feb. 8-11, Roanoke Symphony
Feb. 15 & 16, Opera Roanoke
Feb. 17, Flute Quartet, Reston

Mar. 1, SU Audition
Mar. 2-5, Williamsburg Symphonia
Mar. 15, Audubon Quartet, Reston
Mar. 29, SU Audition

Apr. 5, 8 & 9, Williamsburg Symphonia
Apr. 11, Roanoke Symphony
Apr. 15-18 & 20, Roanoke Symphony
Apr. 25-28, Roanoke Symphony