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At the age of three, Fuminori Maro Shinozaki began studying the violin with his father, Eisuke Shinozaki. He has continued studying with Ms. Reiko Tanaka, Mr. Toshiya Eto, Mr. Thomas Christian and Mr. Ivry Gitlis. He has also taken chamber music classes with the members of the Barylli Quartet and the Amadeus Quartet.

At his early age, he has shown enormous gift to music and became the winner of the Mainich Music Competition for Students. He was the youngest Civic Cultural Prize winner awarded by the Kitakyushu-City in 1979. Since 1981 he has studied at the Vienna City Conservatory, and in 1982 he made his concerto debut with their orchestra at the Vienna Konzerthaus.

He has won many other prizes such as the third prize at the 34th Viotti International Music Competition, the Silver Medal at the 20th Bordeaux International Music Festival. Thereafter, he has been performing all over the world, such as in European countries, in Asia and the North America.

In 1988 he was appointed as the concertmaster of Gunma Symphony Orchestra in Japan. In 1991 he became concertmaster of the Yomiuri-Nippon Symphony Orchestra where he has stayed until he became the concertmaster of the NHK Symphony Orchestra in 1997.

As a soloist, he has played with NHK Symphony Orchestra, Yomiuri-Nippon Symphony Orchestra, and many other leading Japanese orchestras. His chamber music activities include groups such as the Halle String Quartet, Ensemble-SAKURA, Ishihara Lyric Ensemble, Suntory Festival Soloist and Virtuoso Ensemble Parthenon.

As an artistic director of the Tokyo Junior Orchestra Society as well as the Iichiko Grand Theater Junior Orchestra, he is also active in teaching and coaching young musicians of the next generation.

Among his eleven CDs that have been released, “Piano Trios No.1 and No.2 with Allensky” was chosen by the Ongakunotomo Magazine as one of the top 20 master CDs ranked by the readers, and his latest CD album “Resonate Eternally” was selected for the highest honorship in the Record-Geijutu Magazine.

As the councilor of the WHO International Academy “Life Harmony Science", he is also involved with activities in the field of music therapy

In 2001, he has received Culture Prize awarded by the Fukuoka-Prefecture. In 2004 he has founded his own series called "Maro-World", a project tied up with at Ginza Oji Hall. The term "Maro" is the name taken from his own nickname, and it is also an ancient Japanese term meaning “I” or “me” used exclusively among old male aristocracy. Shinozaki’s charismatic appearance has enabled to gather his close musician friends to collaborate in his musical project.

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Date	December 19, 2011（Mon）19:00
Venue	Oji Hall
Christmas Special Concert X’Maro 2011 by Fuminori “Maro” Shinozaki [Performers] TBA [Program] TBA [Tickets] TBA [Information] Oji Hall Ticket Center 03-3567-9990

Date	December 7, 2011（Wed）19:00
Venue	Denki Bunka Kaikan The Concert Hall
[Performers] Fuminori Shinozaki（Violin） Masahiro Saitoh（Piano） [Program] Dvorak: Humoresques Sarasate: Gypsy Airs Lehar（arrangement by Shinozaki）: Merry Widow Waltz Others [Tickets] All reserved seats ￥5,000 [Ticket Office] CBC Loverth Shop 052-242-1181 [Information] CBC Office 052-241-8118

Date	November 10, 2011（Thu）19:00
Venue	Harmony Hall Fukui
Fumiori Shinozaki and Hungarian Virtuoso [Performers] Janos Selmeczi（Violin） Tibor Horvath（Viola） Gyula Gabura（Contrabass） Oszkar Okros（Cimbalom） Yoshie Toyonaga（Clarinet） [Program] TBA [Tickets] All reserved seats ￥4,000　Wheelchair accessible seats ￥3,200 （Students half-price） [Information] Harmony Hall Fukui Ticket Center 0776-38-8282

Date	Sun/6/March/2011 14:00
Venue	Mitsuke Arts hall Arcadia
Fuminori Shinozaki ''Small Piece,Lough Piece,Show Piece'' Performers: Fuminori Shinozaki（Violin） Masahiro Saito（Piano） Programs: ≪Small Piece≫ E.Elgar：Salut d’Amour, Op. 12 A.Dvorak：8 Humoresques, Op. 101 (B. 187) R.Sieczynski：Wien, du Stadt meiner Traume, Op. 1 etc... ≪Lough Piece≫ V.Monti：Csardas ≪Show Piece≫ M.Falla：La vida breve, Act II: Danse espagnoles Nos. 1 and 2 P.Sarasate：Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20 etc... Price: \2,500 Student\1,000 Info&Ticket:Mitsuke Arts hall Arcadia +81-258-63-5321

Date	Mon/10/January/2011 14:00
Venue	Tokyo Midtown Hall A
Midtown Special Concert ≪New Year Concert By NHK　Symphony Orchestra Member≫ [Performer] Huminori Shinozaki（Violin） Atsushi Shirai（Violin） Ryo Sasaki（Viola） Ayumu Kuwata（Cello） Shu Yoshida（Contrabass） Hiroaki Kanda（Flute） Seiji Yokokawa（Clarinet） Takashi Yamane（Clarinet） Takeshi Hidaka（Horn） [Program]Polka ＆ waltz by composer in Vienna etc... [Price]\7,000 Student\3,500 [Information]Musician's Paty +81-3-5468-6966