Keiko Tokunaga is a GRAMMY Award-winning violinist known for her “exceptional technical execution and graceful mastery” (Boston Intelligencer). She performs internationally as a soloist and chamber musician, with appearances alongside the Spanish National Orchestra, Barcelona Symphony, Orchestrada Tokyo, and Virginia Arts Festival Chamber Orchestra.
Keiko is the founder and artistic director of INTERWOVEN, an intercultural ensemble dedicated to blending traditional Asian and Western classical music. The ensemble has appeared at venues including the Smithsonian Museum of Asian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Roulette Brooklyn, and Vancouver Civic Centre Annex. In 2023, INTERWOVEN received major support from the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and Canada Council for the Arts for its community-centered project, FantAsia!.
From 2005 to 2019, Keiko was a member of the internationally acclaimed Attacca Quartet, with whom she earned the 2019 GRAMMY Award for Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance. Other honors with the quartet include First Prize at the Osaka International Chamber Music Competition and the ABC Classic FM Listener’s Choice Award at the Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition.
A past winner of the Osaka Competition, Keiko was selected to lead national concert tours of Japan in 2020 and 2021, presented by the Japan Chamber Music Foundation.
Keiko plays on a J. B. Vuillaume violin from 1845, generously loaned by an anonymous donor. She also enjoys playing on a Baroque-style violin made by Antonio Mariani, circa 1669, formerly in the collection of Gabriel Schaff. Her bow was made by Nicolas Maire circa 1850.