Rie Kimura

Biography

Rie Kimura is a baroque violinist from Japan. Her solo violin playing has been praised for it’s “strong personality imbued with expression and rhetoric,” (The Strad) while her outstanding skills as a chamber musician mean that she is a violinist very much in demand. Alongside Ensemble Fantasticus, of which she is a founder member, Rie plays regularly with the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Bach Collegium Japan, and PRJCT Amsterdam. Her first solo recording, “Tartini & Veracini” (2015) received 5-stars from Dutch national newspaper, De Volkskrant.

Rie studied baroque violin with Lucy van Dael at the Amsterdam Conservatory where she graduated “cum laude”. She has won numerous prizes throughout her career including solo prizes at the Premio Bonporti (Italy) and Yamanashi Early Music Competition (Japan), and ensemble prizes at the Bruges and Van Wassenaer Early Music Competitions.