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Aki Sunahara

2nd Concertmaster

Aki Sunahara received her initial musical training in Tokyo, under Prof. Gerhard Bosse and Prof. Kiyoshi Okayama. With a scholarship from Germany’s Academic Exchange Service, she then studied at the Freiburg University of Music. She graduated with distinction under Prof. Rainer Kussmaul in March 2000.

She was a prize-winner the Genoa Paganini Competition, the Leipzig International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition and several competitions in Japan. She has been Second Concertmaster of the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra since 2000.