Concertmaster

                     Fujiko Imajishi, violin

                     Esprit's Concertmaster, Japanese-born Fujiko Imajishi, has made her home in Canada since 1968. After studies with Lorand Fenyves, Ruggiero Ricci, Franco Gulli and the Hungarian Quartet she went on to win both the Montreal and Toronto Symphony Competitions.

                     Imajishi has performed as soloist with many leading Canadian orchestras and is the concertmaster of both Esprit Orchestra and the National Ballet of Canada Orchestra. Fujiko has also enjoyed a long association with Toronto's New Music Concerts.

                     Imajishi is a founding member and first violinist of Accordes, whose recordings of string quartets by Harry Somers and Alexina Louie were released on the Centrediscs label in 2001 and 2002 respectively.

                     In November, 2002, she performed Anthèmes for violin solo in the presence of composer Pierre Boulez on the occasion of the presentation of the International Glenn Gould Prize and in December gave the world premiere of Reconciliation for solo violin by English composer Geoffrey Palmer, commissioned by New Music Concerts.