Tamaki higashi
Japanese violinist Tamaki Higashi is a passionate chamber musician and the founding member of the Villiers Quartet, the resident quartet at the University of Oxford. With the Villiers Quartet, she performs regularly in the UK, Europe and USA, and have released numbers of discs of British music from major labels.
Tamaki’s chamber music career started with the Degas Quartet in the USA, and she performed and toured across the nation. With the Degas Quartet, Tamaki has appeared at Aspen Music Festival, Great Lakes Chamber Festival as a guest artist. The Degas Quartet served as a resident quartet with Western Piedmont Symphony in Hickory, NC and worked closely to bring the music into the community. She had studied string quartet with members of Juilliard, Cleveland, Takacs, Fine Arts, Colorado Quartets.
Tamaki genuinely enjoys all the aspect of collaboration. She has worked with many distinguished musicians such as Jazz bassist Christian McBride, Indian Tabla specialist Kuljit Bhamra, amongst many other finest musicians within the chamber music scene.
Tamaki studied violin with Lewis Kaplan and Muneko Otani, and viola with Jerry Horner, and has graduated from Mannes College of Music in New York.
Tamaki’s chamber music career started with the Degas Quartet in the USA, and she performed and toured across the nation. With the Degas Quartet, Tamaki has appeared at Aspen Music Festival, Great Lakes Chamber Festival as a guest artist. The Degas Quartet served as a resident quartet with Western Piedmont Symphony in Hickory, NC and worked closely to bring the music into the community. She had studied string quartet with members of Juilliard, Cleveland, Takacs, Fine Arts, Colorado Quartets.
Tamaki genuinely enjoys all the aspect of collaboration. She has worked with many distinguished musicians such as Jazz bassist Christian McBride, Indian Tabla specialist Kuljit Bhamra, amongst many other finest musicians within the chamber music scene.
Tamaki studied violin with Lewis Kaplan and Muneko Otani, and viola with Jerry Horner, and has graduated from Mannes College of Music in New York.