Naoko Miyamoto

Naoko Miyamoto made her first appearance as soloist with orchestra at the age of eight, playing Bach’s Concerto for Two Violins with the Sydney Youth Orchestra. Since then, she has performed in such venues as the Sydney Opera House, Sydney Entertainment Centre, Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Palace, the Purcell Room and Esbjerg Musikhuset (Denmark). She has played concertos by Wieniawski, Tchaikovsky, Vieuxtemps, Bruch, Vivaldi, Bach, Sibelius, Mozart and Hindson with various orchestras, including the Philharmonia, New Zealand Symphony, Queensland Symphony, Croydon Symphony, Los Angeles State University and Kuring-gai Philharmonic Orchestras. Naoko has performed in Holland, Spain, Germany, Italy, Japan, USA and Cyprus, and has also been broadcast on radio in Denmark, Australia, New Zealand and the UK. She has won numerous prizes and awards in international competitions in Australia, Germany, Poland and New Zealand.

Highlights of this season include Dvorak Romance with the Philharmonia Orchestra for Sir Charles Mackerras’s 80th Birthday Concert, chamber music concerts with pianist Ashley Wass and cellist Gemma Rosefield, and Dvorak Concerto with the Epsom Symphony Orchestra. Naoko’s debut CD on the Trust label, playing the Hindson Violin Concerto with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, will be released later this year.