Having trained at the Tokyo Toho Gakuen School of Music with Toshiya Eto, then The Juilliard School and Yale University in New York, Nobuko Imai began her career by winning the Young Concert Artists International Auditions in 1967 and highest prizes at both the Geneva International Music Competition and ARD International Music Competition at Munich. She was a member of the Vermeer Quartet in the 1970s and has more recently formed the Michelangelo Quartet which tours all over Europe and Japan, receiving acclaim for its virtuosity and musical expression.

Imai’s involvement in cultural exchange programmes between Amsterdam and Tokyo led her to found the East-West Baroque Academy in 2000, exposing young musicians from both cultures to early music per...

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BACH, J.S.: Cello Suite No. 5, BWV 1011: I. Prelude (arr. for viola) (Masterclass with Nobuko Imai) (Nobuko Imai, C. Smith)
BACH, J.S.: Cello Suite No. 5, BWV 1011: I. Prelude (arr. for viola) (Masterclass with Nobuko Imai) (Nobuko Imai, C. Smith)
Composer: Bach, Johann Sebastian
Artists: Imai, Nobuko -- Smith, Caeli
Label/Producer: DakApp
BARTOK, B.: Viola Concerto, BB 128: I. Allegro moderato (viola and piano reduction) (Masterclass with Nobuko Imai) (Duz, Banados)
BARTOK, B.: Viola Concerto, BB 128: I. Allegro moderato (viola and piano reduction) (Masterclass with Nobuko Imai) (Duz, Banados)
Composer: Bartok, Bela
Artists: Banados, Anibal -- Duz, Katarzyna -- Imai, Nobuko
Label/Producer: Reina Sofía School of Music
BAX, A.: Viola Sonata: I. Molto moderato - Allegro (Masterclass with Nobuko Imai) (Nobuko Imai, Ming-Yu Hsu)
BAX, A.: Viola Sonata: I. Molto moderato - Allegro (Masterclass with Nobuko Imai) (Nobuko Imai, Ming-Yu Hsu)
Composer: Bax, Arnold
Artists: Hsu, Ming-Yu -- Imai, Nobuko
Label/Producer: DakApp
BRAHMS, J.: Piano Quartet No. 1 (Schiff, Yuuko Shiokawa, Nobuko Imai, Perenyi)
BRAHMS, J.: Piano Quartet No. 1 (Schiff, Yuuko Shiokawa, Nobuko Imai, Perenyi)
Composer: Brahms, Johannes
Artists: Imai, Nobuko -- Perenyi, Miklos -- Schiff, Andras -- Shiokawa, Yuuko
Label/Producer: EuroArts
BRAHMS, J.: Piano Quartet No. 3 (Masterclass with Nobuko Imai) (Lariviere, Moriarty, Shizuka Mitsui, Bartlett)
BRAHMS, J.: Piano Quartet No. 3 (Masterclass with Nobuko Imai) (Lariviere, Moriarty, Shizuka Mitsui, Bartlett)
Composer: Brahms, Johannes
Artists: Bartlett, Martin James -- Imai, Nobuko -- Lariviere, Cosima Soulez -- Mitsui, Shizuka -- Moriarty, Martin
Label/Producer: DakApp
BRAHMS, J.: Piano Quartet No. 3 (Schiff, Yuuko Shiokawa, Nobuko Imai, Perenyi)
BRAHMS, J.: Piano Quartet No. 3 (Schiff, Yuuko Shiokawa, Nobuko Imai, Perenyi)
Composer: Brahms, Johannes
Artists: Imai, Nobuko -- Perenyi, Miklos -- Schiff, Andras -- Shiokawa, Yuuko
Label/Producer: EuroArts
HINDEMITH, P.: Sonata for Solo Viola: V. Langsam, aber mit viel Ausdruck (Masterclass with Nobuko Imai) (Nobuko Imai, J. Bak)
HINDEMITH, P.: Sonata for Solo Viola: V. Langsam, aber mit viel Ausdruck (Masterclass with Nobuko Imai) (Nobuko Imai, J. Bak)
Composer: Hindemith, Paul
Artists: Bak, Jordan -- Imai, Nobuko
Label/Producer: DakApp
INTERVIEW WITH NOBUKO IMAI
INTERVIEW WITH NOBUKO IMAI
Artist: Imai, Nobuko
Label/Producer: DakApp
STAMITZ, C.: Viola Concerto No. 1: I. Allegro (non troppo) (viola and piano reduction) (Masterclass with Nobuko Imai) (Marjanowic, Banados)
STAMITZ, C.: Viola Concerto No. 1: I. Allegro (non troppo) (viola and piano reduction) (Masterclass with Nobuko Imai) (Marjanowic, Banados)
Composer: Stamitz, Carl
Artists: Banados, Anibal -- Imai, Nobuko -- Marjanowic, Nemanja
Label/Producer: Reina Sofía School of Music
VERBIER FESTIVAL - The 25th Anniversary Concert (RIAS Chamber Chorus, Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra, Gergiev, Takacs-Nagy)
VERBIER FESTIVAL - The 25th Anniversary Concert (RIAS Chamber Chorus, Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra, Gergiev, Takacs-Nagy)
Composers: Bach, Johann Sebastian -- Dvorak, Antonin -- Handel, George Frideric -- Heidrich, Peter -- Lutoslawski, Witold -- Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus -- Rachmaninov, Sergei -- Rossini, Gioachino -- Sarasate, Pablo de -- Smetana, Bedrich -- Strauss II, Johann
Artists: Babayan, Sergei -- Barati, Kristof -- Batiashvili, Lisa -- Capucon, Renaud -- Causse, Gerard -- Cho, Seong-Jin -- Edmonds, Emily -- Engstroem, Blythe Teh -- Frang, Vilde -- Frost, Martin -- Gergiev, Valery -- Gringolts, Ilya -- Imai, Nobuko -- Ionita, Andrei -- Kane, Brendan -- Kavakos, Leonidas -- Kissin, Evgeny -- Kozhukhin, Denis -- Moreau, Edgar -- Pletnev, Mikhail -- Quasthoff, Thomas -- Quentin, Julien -- Repin, Vadim -- RIAS Chamber Chorus -- Schiff, Andras -- Shchedrin, Rodion Konstantinovich -- Takacs-Nagy, Gabor -- Trifonov, Daniil -- Vengerov, Maxim -- Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra -- Wang, Yuja -- Zimmermann, Tabea -- Zukerman, Pinchas
Label/Producer: Naxos