Beni Shinohara

Violinist A native of Nagoya, Japan, Beni Shinohara was educated at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, where she studied violin with Yoshio Unno and Tatsuo Uzuka. She also studied extensively in Europe with Sandor Vegh and in the United States with Ruben Gonzalez, Sergiu Luca, Fredel Lack, and Kenneth Goldsmith. Ms. Shinohara has been Assistant Concertmaster of the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra since 1990. In addition, she has appeared as a soloist with Tokyo’s Metropolitan Symphony and IMAS Symphony Orchestra, the Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Houston Ballet Orchestra. In 1988, she joined the San Francisco Opera Orchestra where she holds the position of Assistant Principal Second Violin. Currently, she also performs with many bay area chamber ensembles such as Marin Chamber Players, Gold Coast Chamber Players and the San Francisco Trio. Notes from https://www.sanfranciscoballetorchestra.org/beni-shinohara/