| 词条 | Meg Okura |
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|name = Meg Okura |background = non_vocal_instrumentalist |caption = |birth_name = 大倉恵 (Megumi Okura) |alias =Meg Okura, 大倉めぐみ |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1973|8|9}} |birth_place =Ome, Japan |death_date = |genre = chamber jazz, Jazz, world, classical |occupation = Musician, composer |instrument = Violin, erhu, electric violin |years_active = 2001-present | associated_acts = The Pan Asian Chamber Jazz Ensemble, Emilio Solla y La Inestable de Brooklyn, Pharaoh's Daughter, |website = Official website }}Meg Okura (born August 9, 1973) is an American jazz violinist, composer, erhu player, and leader of the Pan Asian Chamber Jazz Ensemble, based in New York City.[1] She is also a member of the band Pharaoh's Daughter, Emilio Solla y La Inestable de Brooklyn, which was nominated for the 57th Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album, and New York Tango Quartet, among others. She has worked with jazz and pop artists such as Michael Brecker, Lee Konitz, Dianne Reeves, Steve Swallow, Tom Harrell, David Bowie and Mariko Takahashi as well as actor/musician Terrence Howard. Okura has also been the featured violinist in the Cirque du Soleil shows Varekai, Corteo and Wintuk. Early lifeMeg Okura (大倉恵, born in Tokyo, Japan), started studying music at Toho Gakuen School of Music at five. As a child, she served as a church pianist and organist at an Evangelical church in her home town of Ome. In the early 1990s, Meg Okura toured Asia as the concertmaster and soloist of the Asian Youth Orchestra. In 1992, she made her U.S. solo debut with the late Alexander Schneider and the New York String Orchestra at Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. She has earned bachelor's and master's degrees from The Juilliard School as a classical violinist.[1][2] Personal lifeMeg Okura has been married to American jazz soprano saxophonist and composer Sam Newsome since 2004. Honors & AwardsChamber Music America New Jazz Works - 2018 The Grammy Award, 2015 (Nominee) Manhattan Community Arts Fund (Lower Manhattan Cultural Council)- 2013 & 2015 New Music USA Project Grant (New Music USA)- 2014 Brand Personality Award, The BrandLaureate Asia Pacific Brands Foundation)- 2012 Meet the Composer, Metlife Creative Connections Grant - 2008 Manhattan Community Art fund (LMCC)- 2008 American Composers Forum, Jerome Composers Commissioning Program- 2007-2008 Meet the Composer, Metlife Creative Connections Grant Urban Artist Initiative / NYC - 2006 2005 International Songwriting Competition (Honorable Mention) 2005 American University Saxophone Symposium Composition Contest (Honorable Mention) The 2003 John Lennon Songwriting Contest (Honorable Mention) The 2000 John Lennon Songwriting Contest (Honorable Mention) DiscographyAs A Leader[3]
References1. ^1 {{Cite web|url=http://www.megokura.com/html/about.php|title=megokura.com|website=www.megokura.com|access-date=2016-10-12}} 2. ^{{Cite web|url=http://goldenland.com/band/meg-okura/|title=Meg Okura {{!}} goldenland|last=goldenland|website=goldenland.com|access-date=2016-10-12}} 3. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/meg-okura-mn0000785697|title=Meg Okura {{!}} Album Discography {{!}} AllMusic|website=AllMusic|access-date=2016-10-12}} 4. ^{{Citation|title=Tribute to Ryuichi Sakamoto|date=2013-10-07|url=https://www.amazon.com/Tribute-Ryuichi-Sakamoto-Meg-Okura/dp/B00FRL7FAK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1423738680&sr=8-1&keywords=Meg+Okura|publisher=CD Baby|accessdate=2016-10-12}}
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