Mansoon Bow  Violin

Mansoon Bow is frequently on demand as both soloist and chamber musician in many major cities in Japan, as well as in the UK where she is currently based. Latest concerts in the UK include a recital to open the Cheltenham Music Festival, recitals St. Martin-in-the-Fields and Southwark Cathedral in London.

Mansoon was born in Japan of Korean origin. She began studying the violin at the age of three in her native city of Osaka. Later she proceeded to the Royal Academy of Music in London where she worked first with Richard Deakin and then with Mayumi Fujikawa. Upon graduation in 2007, she continued to pursue her studies with Mayumi Fujikawa in a Master’s Degree Course at Trinity College of Music, where she is a recipient of Full Scholarship, namely the Derek Butler Scholarship, the Bratton Scholarship and the Cavatina Chamber Music Prize.

Mansoon has been awarded prestigious prizes in the Osaka International competition 2000, Classic competition, Soloist competition and David Martin/Florence concerto Prize at the Royal Academy of Music where she was also a recipient of the Poulett Scholarship and the Bloch Award.

Until 2007 in association with the University of East London, Mansoon had also been involved in an Empower project which is focused on women’s enterprise development.

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