
Winner of the 17th Budapest International Viola Competition, Yuko Inoue has performed as soloist with many orchestras, including the Hungarian State Philharmonic Orchestra, F. Liszt Chamber Orchestra, the Halle Orchestra and the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra and performs frequently with Britain's most eminent string quartets and chamber ensembles.
Her CD, ROMANZE- The Romantic Viola, with pianist, Kathron Sturrock, was voted one of Classic CD magazine's 'Choices of the Month' in Aug. 2000 and was also praised with similar enthusiasm from The Strad, Gramophone and AMAZON.
Her recent recording of all three Viola da Gamba Sonatas (with Kathron Sturrock) plus the Chaconne by J. S. Bach is now available from Quartz Records.
Miss Inoue is a professor at the Royal Academy of Music in London and gives master classes throughout Europe and Japan. Miss Inoue plays on a viola by J. B. Vuillaume.
"This is among a short list of the most beautifully recorded discs of recent memory.
Yuko Inoue is one of the finest exponents of the viola working today." on the Romanze CD.
Can be heard in:
Deux-Elles series
Friday 17 Sep 2010
through to Saturday 18 Sep 2010
Conway Hall
Sunday 09 Jan 2011