Korine Fujiwara is a violinist, violist, composer, and co-founder of Carpe Diem String Quartet. Her music has been performed to critical acclaim throughout the world in venues including Carnegie’s Weill Hall, New York; Suntory Hall, Tokyo; the Aichi Prefectural Art Theater Concert Hall, Nagoya; and the Palazzo Chigi Saracini in Siena, Italy. Named one of Strings Magazine’s “25 Contemporary Composers to Watch,” critics say of her music, “The ear is forever tickled by beautifully judged music that manages to be sophisticated and accessible at the same time… contains a very rare attribute in contemporary classical music: happiness.” (Fanfare) “She knows how to exploit all the resources of string instruments alone and together; her solo violin writing is fiendishly difficult.” (Strings) “Epic.” (Columbus Dispatch) Korine is on the faculty of Pacific Lutheran University. She holds degrees from Juilliard and Northwestern University, and is in great demand for master classes and clinics.
