PROFILE | Mao Omura

Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY
Master of Music Performance
and Literature Violin

Toho Gakuen School of Music, Tokyo, Japan
Bachelor of Music – Performance, Violin

Eastman School of Music Concerto Competition
Winner

Tokyo International Association of Artists
Prize of Special Performance as a duo with Pianist

International String Festival Concerto Competition, Pennsylvania
Winner

9th Toshiya Eto Violin Competition
Third Prize

4th Toshiya Eto Violin Competition
Third Prize

Mikhail Kopelman

Toshiya Eto

Angela Eto

Aiko Suzuki

Ying Quartet

Igor Oistrakh

Shmuel Ashkenasi

Pierre Amoyal

Isaac Malkin

Emanuel Borok

Sally Thomas

Born in Japan, Mao Omura has been an active orchestra and chamber music violinist in the United States, Japan and Europe. Currently, Mao lives in Atlanta, Georgia and will be serving as the associate concertmaster for Symphony Orchestra Augusta during the 2014-15 season.
In November, Mao will be featured as the soloist in Barber’s violin concerto with Augusta. Throughout the year, Mao will be performing in the Bach Quartet project with members from Symphony Orchestra Augusta.

Currently playing with :
Symphony Orchestra Augusta	*Associate Concertmaster*

Charleston Symphony Orchestra, Chattanooga Symphony Orchestra, Rome Symphony Orchestra,
North Georgia Chamber Orchestra, Atlanta Pops Orchestra

Former member of :

Syracuse Symphony Orchestra
Spokane Symphony Orchestra

Syracuse Opera, New World Symphony Orchestra,
Binghamton Philharmonic Orchestra, Rochester Lyric Opera
Hot Springs Music Festival Orchestra Concertmaster

Eastman School Symphony Orchestra
“Scottish Fantasy” by Max Bruch

Japan Philharmonic Orchestra
“Poème” by Ernest Chausson

International String Festival Orchestra, Pennsylvania

“Concerto For Two Violins” by J.S. Bach With Philadelphia Orchestra’s principal second violinist Kimberly Fisher

Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra
“Havanaise” by Camile Saint-Saëns

Piano Trio “Kanade”
– Performance at Investiture of Consulate General of Japan in Atlanta
– 17th Hot Springs Music Festival Opening Concert and Recital

Random Acts of Art Quartet
with members of Symphony Orchestra Augusta

Duo Concert with Erika Tazawa
– Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam
– Phelps Mansion Museum Concert Series
– Performing Arts Center at University Albany

Charity Concert for the Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami Victims
Syracuse and Albany, NY and Spokane, WA

Eastman Chamber Music Society
Performance at Investiture of ESM Dean

– Hot Springs Music Festival	Arkansas
Associate Trio in residence
– American institute of Musical Studies (AIMS)	Graz, Austria
– Académie de Musique Lausanne	Switzerland
– Academy of Music Festival	New Jersey
– Meadowmount School of Music	Westport, NY
– International Summer Academy at Mozarteum	Salzburg, Austria