Matsuura, Kiyoe

Kiyoe Matsuura

Kiyoe Matsuura has performed baroque violin and baroque viola with many of the Midwest’s finest early music ensembles, including Haymarket Opera Company, Ars Music Chicago, The Bach and Beethoven Experience, Callipygian Players, Madison Bach Musicians, Third Coast Baroque, and the Newberry Consort. Kiyoe received her master’s degree in Music Performance from DePaul University and studied historically informed performance at institutes including ‘Juilliard at the Piccola Accadamia’, Oberlin’s Baroque Performance Institute, Amherst Early Music Festival, and American Bach Soloists Academy. As an educator, Ms. Matsuura manages a private studio of students ranging in age from 4 to 70, and her freely offered violin pedagogy content online has helped students around the world. Kiyoe is a certified yoga instructor and uses her knowledge of anatomy and movement to help violin students play without pain. https://kiyoematsuuraviolin.com