Yumiko Yumiba
She has been studying at the Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media with Prof. Elisabeth Kufferath since October 2018. She won the prize at many domestic competitions in Japan, the second prize at the Varna International Violin Competition 2015 in Bulgaria at the third prize at the 5th International Karol Lipiński Violin Competition 2019 in Poland. She also received the „Prize of the Rotary Club Radolfzell Hegau” at the International Summer Academy in Radolfzell in 2019. As a solist she preformed with Toruń Symphony Orchestra conducted by Mariusz Smolij, Geidai Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Ken Takaseki and Göttinger Musikfreunde Orchestra conducted by Vitali Aleksiayonak. She performer at the Gdańsk Music Festival in Poland, the InternationalesMusikfest Goslar-Harz in Germany, at the Orpheus Music Festival in Austria, the Music Festival Argerich’s Meeting Point in Beppu in Japan, and many concerts in Germany and Japan. Additionally, Yumiko Yumiba plays with her sister Takako Yumiba as a violin duo. In 2019, they were accepted into the scholarship program of Yehudi Menuhin Live Music Now e. V. Hannover.