After studying at Toho-Gakuen School of Music with Prof.Toshiya ETO, Eriko Iso was invited by Igor Oistrakh to study at the Royal Conservatory Brussels. She was sent as a scholar by the Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs to Brussels, where she completed a master degree with the Grand Prix. And she also got scholarship from Yasuda Life Cultural Foundation and Rohm Music Foundation during her study in Europe. She has received many awards at music competitions both in Japan and overseas like the third prize with the Roman Julia Lopez Prize at the Concours International d'execution Musicale Maria Canals de Barcelona in Spain and the Japan Music Competition, the Novosibirsk Competition and so on.
She has given many recitals or made solo appearances in Japan, Brussels, Berlin, the Amsterdam Concertgebouw and Bolzano in Italy, which have enhanced her reputation around the world. She played as a soloist with many leading orchestras such as the Tokyo City Philharmonic, Novosibirsk Symphony, the Sapporo Symphony, Flemish Radio Symphony, Japan Philharmonic, Nagoya Philharmonic, Tokyo Philharmonic, Prague Chamber and Czech Philharmonic. Her acute musicality combining a sense of style with a rich sense of lyricism never fails to captivate audiences. Her outstanding gift with brilliant and sharp skill and warm-spontaneous emotion is highly appreciated.
She has frequently appeared in concerts and on TV and Radio Programs and International Music Festivals like Miyazaki International Music Festival, Saito Kinen Orchestra or Verbier Festival in Switzerland. She performed Bach's Concert for two violins with Igor Oistrakh. When she played for TV Environmental Commercial Film, she got aware of the importance of the environmental issue. And since then she gives charity recital every year.
She released her solo debut disc "The Dancing Doll" from Victor Entertainment Inc. and she has already released “Casta Diva” and “Traviata Fantasy” from Columbia Music Entertainment as a member of the two violins unit ”Duo Prima”.
She performed "Pray for love～Pas de deux in star light" by Roland Petit at EXPO 2005 AICHI JAPAN in collaboration with the world famous ballet dancer Tamiyo Kusakari, which drew millions of audience and was sensationally acclaimed.
This year is her tenth anniversary from the debut concert. She is starting with a lot of ideas to another decade as a one of the foremost violinists among her generation.
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