Masuko
Ushioda
Violin
Masuko Ushioda has performed with major orchestras throughout the world and has appeared at the Marlboro and Spoleto festivals. She was the first-prize winner of the 1956 Mainichi competition of Tokyo and the Tchaikovsky Competition in 1966. She was also a prize winner of the Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition in 1963.
Graduate of Toho Gakuen School of Music, Tokyo. Studies with Joseph Szigeti in Switzerland, Mikail Weiman at Leningrad Conservatory, Anna Ono in Japan. Recordings for Angel, Toshiba, Melodiya.