Yoko Mano

Yoko Mano, an active freelance chamber and orchestral violinist, studied at The Royal Conservatory in Den Haag, The Netherlands, Netherlands String Quartet Academy and The Rotterdam Conservatory. As a substitute musician, she has performed with the Orquestra de la Comunitat Valencia, Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, Singapore Symphony Orchestra and Yokohama Sinfonietta. Yoko has attended numerous music festivals including the Verbier Festival, Lucerne Festival, Aldeburgh Festival, BBC Proms, Zermatt Festival, Pacific Music Festival and Seiji Ozawa Opera Project. In the spring of 2010, she conducted orchestral workshops and private lessons to Palestinian children from The Barenboim-Said Foundation. She is a founding member of Duo Iris with Pianist Kana Goto. Yoko has given countless performances in Japan, The Netherlands and several other countries, including an acclaimed performance of the Brahms Violin Concerto as a soloist in Tokyo in March of 2015.