[/floatl]Kyodo: Japanese violinist Kamio wins Int'l Tchaikovsky Competition
A 21-year-old Japanese, Mayuko Kamio, from Osaka Prefecture, won the violin section of the prestigious International Tchaikovsky Competition on Friday. Kamio became the second Japanese to win the violin section, following Akiko Suwanai, who won the ninth competition in 1990 at age 18. She is from Toyonaka and participated in the 13th competition. Named after the Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, the event is one of the most authoritative classical music competitions in the world. The competition has taken place in Moscow every four years since 1958.
