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Second-prize winner of the 2003 Walter W. Naumburg Competition and winner of Astral Artists’ 2003 National Auditions, violinist Ayano Ninomiya gave her highly acclaimed New York recital debut at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall under Naumburg’s auspices. Astral presented her on its “Rising Stars” series at Philadelphia’s Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, and featured her in a performance of piano trios with Astral graduate cellist Clancy Newman and renowned pianist Claude Frank. Under Astral’s auspices, she also led The Haddonfield Symphony Chamber Orchestra in Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons and gave her Philadelphia recital and concerto debuts. Astral presents her this season in a program of violin masterworks and in recital in New York’s Merkin Concert Hall. Ms. Ninomiya has appeared extensively across the U.S. as a recitalist, chamber musician, and orchestral soloist. She made her Boston Pops debut under Keith Lockhart, and has been featured as soloist with the Boston, Zurich, Harrisburg, and Southwest Florida symphonies, among many others. She recorded the complete works for violin by Larry Bell; Philadelphia’s City Paper placed the CD on its list of “Top 10 Classical Recordings of 2003.” As a recipient of a 2005 Frank Huntington Beebe Fellowship, Ms. Ninomiya spent the 2005-2006 academic year in Budapest researching the Bartók Archives and studying at the Franz Liszt Academy. She received a Master of Music degree from The Juilliard School, where she studied with Robert Mann, and holds joint degrees in Music and French from Harvard College.