Asako Morikawa
Asako Morikawa was born Japan. She started playing the viol at 12, influenced by her father's strong interest in early music. After
studying viol with Tetsuya Nakano at the Toho Gakuen School of Music in Tokyo she moved to Netherlands to further her studies with Wieland Kuijken at the Royal Conservatorium in The Hague. Later Asako studied baroque violin with Thomas Albert at the Hochschule for Künste Bremen, and as a baroque violinist she has performed and recorded with Bremen Baroque Orchestra, Musicalische Company and Musica Fiata.
Asako Morikawa has been a member of Fretwork since 2004, but has also played with many other leading groups including Simon Standage's Collegium Musicum 90, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and the Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra. She is in demand as viol soloist and continuo player throughout Europe, Japan, Russia, Australia, the USA, Canada and South America. She teaches regularly at Dartington International Summer School, Easter Early Music Course and
for Japanese Viola da Gamba Society.
Asako Morikawa is Artistic Director of Folkestone Early Music.