Nobuko Imai
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Nobuko Imai is a renowned Japanese violist celebrated for her international solo career, chamber music performances, and influential teaching.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Nobuko Imai canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9248810 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nobuko Imai Context triple: [Yuri Bashmet, hasStudent, Nobuko Imai]
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A.
Nobuko Kan
Nobuko Kan is a Japanese political figure and activist best known as the wife of former Prime Minister Naoto Kan and for her own involvement in social and civic causes.
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B.
Machiko Yamada
Machiko Yamada is a prominent Japanese figure skating coach known for mentoring world champion skater Midori Ito and developing numerous elite athletes.
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C.
Yoshiko Morita
Yoshiko Morita is best known as the wife of Akio Morita, the co-founder of Sony Corporation.
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D.
Nobuko Abe
Nobuko Abe is a Japanese woman best known as the sister of former Prime Minister Taro Aso.
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E.
Tanaka Atsuko
Tanaka Atsuko is a Japanese voice actress best known for voicing Motoko Kusanagi in the Ghost in the Shell anime franchise.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nobuko Imai Target entity description: Nobuko Imai is a renowned Japanese violist celebrated for her international solo career, chamber music performances, and influential teaching.
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A.
Nobuko Kan
Nobuko Kan is a Japanese political figure and activist best known as the wife of former Prime Minister Naoto Kan and for her own involvement in social and civic causes.
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B.
Machiko Yamada
Machiko Yamada is a prominent Japanese figure skating coach known for mentoring world champion skater Midori Ito and developing numerous elite athletes.
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C.
Yoshiko Morita
Yoshiko Morita is best known as the wife of Akio Morita, the co-founder of Sony Corporation.
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D.
Nobuko Abe
Nobuko Abe is a Japanese woman best known as the sister of former Prime Minister Taro Aso.
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E.
Tanaka Atsuko
Tanaka Atsuko is a Japanese voice actress best known for voicing Motoko Kusanagi in the Ghost in the Shell anime franchise.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
music educator
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musician ⓘ person ⓘ violist ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
ARD International Music Competition prize
NERFINISHED
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Geneva International Music Competition prize NERFINISHED ⓘ Japan Art Academy Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ Mainichi Music Award NERFINISHED ⓘ Mobil Music Award NERFINISHED ⓘ Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette NERFINISHED ⓘ Suntory Music Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Juilliard School
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Toho Gakuen School of Music NERFINISHED ⓘ Yale School of Music NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Imai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
music education
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music performance ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| genre | classical music ⓘ |
| givenName | Nobuko NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRole |
chamber musician
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professor of viola ⓘ soloist ⓘ |
| hasTaughtAt |
Conservatorium van Amsterdam
NERFINISHED
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Geneva University of Music NERFINISHED ⓘ Hochschule für Musik Detmold NERFINISHED ⓘ Toho Gakuen School of Music NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| instrument | viola ⓘ |
| isKnownFor |
chamber music performance
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international solo viola career ⓘ teaching viola ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
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Japanese ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Marlboro Music Festival (as invited artist)
NERFINISHED
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Michelangelo String Quartet NERFINISHED ⓘ Vermeer Quartet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Nobuko Imai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
recordings of Hindemith viola works
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recordings of J.S. Bach cello suites arranged for viola ⓘ recordings of Mozart and Brahms viola repertoire ⓘ |
| occupation |
university teacher
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violist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Tokyo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
BIS Records
NERFINISHED
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Chandos Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Hyperion Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Philips Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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