＜Profile of the loan receiver＞
Natsuho Murata

Natsuho Murata was born in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan in 2007.
She started learning the violin at the age of 3. When she was 11 years old, she made a debut as a soloist with Tokyo Symphony Orchestra.
After the debut, she performed with orchestras inside and outside Japan: Moscow Virtuoso Chamber Orchestra, Orchestre symphonique de Motreal, St. Petersburg Academic Orchestra, Korea Chamber Orchestra, Tokyo Philharmony Symphony Orchestra, National Philharmonic of Ukraine, etc.
1st Places in Tokyo Section and the nationwide final in Primary School Student Section of the Violin at the 71st Student Music Concours of Japan.
She has won 1st places in competitions inside and outside of Japan: 1st place at Il Piccolo Violino Magico International Competition (Italy), Golden Sherkunchik Award (1st place) at “Sherkunchik (The Nutcracker)” - International Classical Music Competition for Young Musicians (Moscow), 1st place at Tibor Junior International Violin Competition (Switzerland), 1st place at Kloster Shoental International Violin Competition (Germany), etc.
She studied with Kumiko Kawamata, and now is studying with Koichiro Harada, Zakhar Bron and Mayuko Kamio.
She is in the third grade at Tokyo College of Music High School as a special scholarship student majoring in the musical instrument (violin).