Hailed by critics and audiences alike, Japanese violinist Coco Tomita first gained recognition after winning the BBC Young Musician 2020 Strings Category. She was subsequently invited to record her debut album, ‘Origins’ with Orchid Classics, which received a succession of rave reviews from The Strad, Gramophone Magazine, BBC Music Magazine and The Guardian, among others, and was selected as ‘Disc of the month’ by Apple in April 2022. Coco has since received over 5.5 million streams on Apple Music alone and releases her follow up album ‘Echoes’ in September 2024.

Named as ‘One to watch’ by Gramophone Magazine and ‘Young Classical Star’ by Classic FM, Coco has won numerous prizes at international competitions and festivals, including Golden Medals at the Vienna International Music Competition and Berliner International Music Competition, Carl Flesch Prize at the Carl Flesch Academy, and 1st prize at the Eastbourne Symphony Orchestra Young Soloist Competition where she also won the Duke of Devonshire Award. 

Based in London and Berlin, Coco recently completed a triumphant debut tour of Japan, highlights of which included her concerto debut with Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Masahiko Enkoji, and Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra conducted by John Axelrod at the Suntory Hall. She has also appeared as a soloist with London Mozart Players, Philharmonie Baden-Baden and Bath Philharmonia.

Coco continues to perform around the UK with pianist Simon Callaghan, the 2024/25 season includes recital debuts in Saffron Hall and Bechstein Hall. Further afield Coco makes her Abu Dhabi Festival with pianist, Kenji Miura. Last season Coco made her debut at Harrogate International Festival, St George’s Hall, Bristol and Dubai Opera.

A passionate chamber musician, Coco is a member of the ‘Euphorie’ Piano Quartet who were recently awarded the ‘’Fernandes Selvaggio’’ prize at the Trio di Trieste competition. Coco also returns to Japan to tour with the all-violin group, QUADPHONICS. She has also appeared at chamber music festivals such as Prussia Cove and Marryat Festival and took part in the prestigious Villars Music Academy.

Born into a musical family, Coco began to play the violin when she was four years old. At age ten she made her debut at Cadogan Hall, London, with Southbank Sinfonia and has performed in Austria, Belgium, Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, UAE and the UK.

Coco began her early training at the Yehudi Menuhin School with renowned pedagogues Natasha Boyarsky and Lutsia Ibragimova. Since 2021, she has been studying under the guidance of Professor Kolja Blacher at the Hochschule fur Musik Hanns Eisler, Berlin.