Masuko Ushioda
Japanese violinist
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, was a Japanese violinist who had an international career as soloist and teacher. Early life Masuko Ushioda was born in Shenyang, Manchuria. Her parents were a well-educated, cosmopolitan couple: her father was a graduate of Waseda University who became an architect, and her mother was a folkloric dancer and choreographer. As it was her mother's dream for her two daughters to achieve independent lives as professionals, and since Western music was of great interest to her parents, Ushioda and her sister Fusa were introduced to musical instruments early on. Family lore says that in the aftermath of World War II the Ushiodas had little money and the reason for getting the young Ushioda a violin was because it was the cheapest instrument in the secondhand shop.
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