Seina Matsuoka

Semi-finalist at the Queen Elisabeth Competition in 2019, Seina Matsuoka trained on the special performance course at Soai University in Japan and then in Vienna, at the University of Music and Performing Arts, with Machie Oguri, Michael Frischenschlager and Peter Schuhmayer, taking chamber music with Stefan Mendl and Johannes Meissl. Her prizes include first at the VŠMU International Violin Competition, the Jury Encouragement Prize at Sendai, a special prize at the Fritz Kreisler Competition, and first prize with three special awards at the Szymanowski International Competition in 2023; with the pianist Yuto Kiguchi, as the Aka Duo, she took first prize and the audience prize at the Giulio Rospigliosi International Chamber Music Competition. In 2025 she was appointed third concertmaster of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra.