Emi Tanabe

Emi began her violin study in the Suzuki Violin School at the age of three, receiving special Suzuki awards twice. These awards allowed her the privilege of playing in a master class under Dr. Shinichi Suzuki at the age of six as well as a being a member of the Suzuki string orchestra, serving as a concertmaster for seven years.

Tanabe attended Eastman School of Music, University of North Texas, and Roosevelt University in Chicago to study violin with Oleh Krysa, Igor Borodin, Julia Bushkova, Cynthia Roberts, Yuko Mori, Stefan Hersh, and Shmuel Ashkenasi.

Her performance experiance includes Cleveland Baroque Orchestra (Apollo's Fire), Civic Orchestra of Chicago, Richardson Symphony Orchestra, Atlanta Baroque Orchestra, San Francisco Bach Choir, Univerity of North Texas Baroque Orchestra, and Henri Mancini Chamber Orchestra serving as a concertmaster. She also has done studio recordings such as: a violinist for a soundtrack for a motion picture produced by Film Academy of Prague, a violinist for music of "Voyage" theatre play, and a studio session musician for record level "Rosehip Records Inc."

Tanabe has been teaching violin since 2000 at the University of North Texas and has been a private violin instructor at the Upbeat Music School in China Town.