Ms. Miki Takahashi is a period violinist, performing as a soloist and a chamber musician world wide. She won first prize and the special prize for stylistic ornamentation at the Third International Telemann Competition in Magdeburg,Germany. Miki was awarded with the first prize as well as the audience prize at the International Music Competition Musica Antiqua in Bruges.

In subsequent years, Miki has appeared as a soloist at the Telemann Festival, Leipzig Bach Festival, Printemps des Arts 23eme Festival Baroque in Nantes, as well as giving her debut solo recital at Tokyo’s Hakuju hall in Japan and at The Schubert Club in Minnesota, USA. Her repertoire stretches from early baroque music such as Marini, Pandolfi to contemporary music. 

Miki has made solo appearances with various ensembles including les Nations Japan, Musica Fiorita, Il Gardelino, Ensemble San Soucis Berlin, Brandenburg Baroque Soloists and Collegium Musicum 90. She is currently principal first/second violinist with Feinstein Ensemble and St. James’s Baroque. Miki frequently act as a leader or a co-leader with many ensembles across Europe. 

Ms. Takahashi studied at Toho-Gakuen University of Music with Koichiro Harada, at Glenn Gould School of the Royal Conservatory of Music with Professor Lorand Fenyves in Toronto Canada, and at the Univesity of Arts in Berlin with Irmgard Huntgeburth in Germany.

Her studies in various countries with many distinguished teachers have also made her interested in teaching; Miki was invited to teach masterclasses at Debrecen University (Hungary), the St. Paul Conservatory of Music in Minnesota, USA, National University of Arts and Tainan National University of Arts in Taiwan.

Miki is currently visiting tutor at University of Birmingham and Birmingham Conservatory of Music in U.K.