Montana native Korine Fujiwara holds degrees from The Juilliard School and Northwestern University, where she studied violin with Joseph Fuchs and Myron Kartman, respectively. Her other mentors include Harvey Shapiro, Robert Mann, and Joel Krosnik.

Ms. Fujiwara is a founding member of the Carpe Diem String Quartet, a devoted and sought-after chamber musician, and a gifted composer and arranger. She was a member of the Duvall Piano Trio, a former ensemble-in-residence at Ohio Wesleyan University, where she was also Instructor of Violin and Viola. She is a founding member of the Marble Cliff Chamber Players, based in Columbus and Delaware, Ohio. She has also been heard throughout the Northwest United States on public radio as a performer at the Olympic Music Festival in Seattle, Washington with members of the Philadelphia String Quartet. Critics have described her performances as “engaging” and “with finesse and perfection.” Korine performs annually with the Snake River Chamber Players in Keystone, Colorado.

She has been invited to participate in numerous music festivals, including the MidAmerica Chamber Music Festival, the Victoria International Festival, the Aspen Music Festival, the Focus! Festival of 20th Century Music at Lincoln Center, and the Summergarden Festival at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, where she collaborated with composer John Cage. She was an Artist/Teacher-in-residence with the Icelandic Youth Orchestra in Reykjavik, Iceland.

Ms. Fujiwara has received many awards and prizes, including the Hjalmer and Emma Kivekas Award, the Raymond Cerf Memorial Scholarship in Violin, and the Fetzer Prize for outstanding performance. She is a member of the music honorary society Pi Kappa Lambda.

One of Central Ohio’s most sought-after teachers, students of Ms. Fujiwara have been accepted into the performance programs of such institutions as Indiana University, Cincinnati College Conservatory, and Northwestern University, to continue their musical studies. Korine began her orchestral career with the Brooklyn Philharmonic. She has been a member of the Columbus Symphony Orchestra since 2001, and prior to that, she was a principal player and soloist with ProMusica Chamber Orchestra. Korine performs on a viola made for her in 2004 by Kurt Widenhouse.