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Video: Yuriko Kuronuma as a soloist of the UNAM Philharmonic, performing the Concerto No. 2 by D. Shostakovich, under the baton of M. Shostakovich (Feb. 1995) Watch video (requiere Flash 8)

Yuriko Kuronuma
Violinist, Founder and Director

Synopsis: A leading Japanese violinist residing in Mexico. She did her professional studies in Japan and in Europe. She has been a soloist of world renowned orchestras and has performed in concert halls like the Musikvereinsaal in Vienna, Smetana Hall in Prague, Carnegie Hall in New York, Suntory Hall in Tokyo, and in Mexico City she was invited to perform as a soloist with  the National Symphony, the UNAM Philharmonic and the Mexico City Philharmonic at the Palace of Fine Arts and the Nezahualcoyotl Hall, among others. In 1986 she received the Aguila Azteca, the maximum decoration bestowed to foreigners by the Government of Mexico. She has recorded more than 20 LPs and CDs in Europe, Japan and in Mexico. ...read more

Where does Love of Music Come From?
By Mario G. Huacuja

For Professor Yuriko Kuronuma, music has a long history.  In 1923, when an earthquake and fires that followed destroyed the city of Tokyo, her father – still single – remained at home among the flames to tear from his new piano its last chords. ...read more

Academia Yuriko Kuronuma A.C. Violin, viola & violoncello individual lessons.
Presidente Carranza #52-7, Coyoacán. México, D.F. Tel/Fax. (5255) 5554 7750