Korine Fujiwara, violin & viola

Montana native KORINE FUJIWARA holds degrees from The Juilliard School and Northwestern University, where she studied violin with Joseph Fuchs and Myron Kartman, respectively. Her other mentors include Harvey Shapiro, Robert Mann, and Joel Krosnik.

Ms. Fujiwara began her orchestral career with The Brooklyn Philharmonic. She was appointed to The Columbus Symphony Orchestra in 2001, and prior to that, she was a principal player and soloist with ProMusica Chamber Orchestra. She has also been invited to participate in numerous music festivals, including the Victoria International Festival, the Aspen Music Festival, the Focus! Festival of 20th Century Music at Lincoln Center, and the Summergarden Festival at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, where she collaborated with composer John Cage. She was an Artist/Teacher-in-residence with the Icelandic Youth Orchestra in Reykjavik, Iceland. Ms. Fujiwara has received many awards and prizes, including the Hjalmer and Emma Kivekas Award, the Raymond Cerf Memorial Scholarship in Violin, and the Fetzer Prize for outstanding performance. She is a member of the music honorary society Pi Kappa Lambda.

Korine is a devoted and sought-after chamber musician. She is violist in the Carpe Diem String Quartet and is a member of the Duvall Trio, the ensemble-in-residence at Ohio Wesleyan University, where she is also Instructor of Violin and Viola. She was a founding member of the MidAmerica Chamber Music Festival, and she is currently one of the members of The Marble Cliff Chamber Players, based in Columbus and Delaware, OH. She has also been heard recently throughout the Northwest United States on public radio as a performer at the Olympic Music Festival in Seattle, Washington with members of the Philadelphia String Quartet. Korine has appeared with the Snake River Chamber Players in Keystone, Colorado, both as a performer and as an arranger.

Outside of her musical activities, she enjoys reading, Japanese food, chocolate, and rock climbing. Korine is married to pianist Cameron Bennett, and they have one son, Julian.

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