Rie Kimura is een Japanse barokviolist. Ze won de Premio Bonporti Baroque Violin Competition in Italië, waar ze ook de publieksprijs ontving. Haar solo vioolspel werd geprezen vanwege “strong personality imbued with expression and rhetoric.” Haar uitstekende vaardigheden als kamermuziekmusicus maken dat ze als violiste erg in trek is. Naast Fantasticus speelt Rie regelmatig met ensembles als Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Bach Collegium Japan, Apollo Ensemble en De Nederlandse Bachvereniging.

Haar eerste solo-opname van sonates van Tartini en Veracini verschijnt in 2014 bij Resonus Classics en kreeg een zeldzame 5-sterren recensie in De Volkskrant. Rie studeerde barokviool bij Lucy van Dael aan het Conservatorium van Amsterdam, waar ze cum laude afstudeerde. Zo won meerdere prijzen, waaronder de eerste prijs van de Yamanashi Early Music Competition (Japan) en verschillende ensembleprijzen op de oude muziek competities van Brugge en Amsterdam.
Website: www.riekimuraviolin.com
Rie Kimura is a baroque violinist from Japan. She won the 2010 Premio Bonporti Baroque Violin Competition in Italy where she was also awarded the public prize. 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 Fantasticus, of which she is a founder member, Rie plays regularly with the likes of the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Bach Collegium Japan, Apollo Ensemble and De Nederlandse Bachvereniging. Her first solo recording, “Tartini & Veracini” was released in June 2015 receiving a rare 5-star review 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 the top prize in the 2008 Yamanashi Early Music Competition (Japan) and various ensemble prizes at the Bruges and Amsterdam Early Music Competitions.