Asako Kremer
SOLO VIOLINIST
SPECIALIZING IN WEDDING CEREMONIES
Asako Kremer, violinist, has performed frequently as a chamber and orchestral musician throughout the Southeast. Originally from Tokyo, Japan, she began her violin study at the age of 6. She received her Bachelor’s degree in violin performance from the Kunitachi College of Music in Tokyo, and attended the Salzburg Music Festival, studying with Ruggiero Ricci.
In 1998, Ms. Kremer received a Master’s degree in violin from the Mannes College of Music in New York, where she studied with Sally Thomas. She then attended the University of South Carolina as a full scholarship violin student in the Professional Studies program. She moved to Charleston in 1999, marrying Charleston Symphony Orchestra cellist Damian Kremer, and four years later became a permanent member of the CSO violin section.
Ms. Kremer has also studied at the Meadowmount Summer School of Music, and has played in the Sun Valley Summer Orchestra in Idaho. She is a frequent recitalist together with her husband as the Kremer Duo.
Besides playing in the
Charleston Symphony, she teaches privately at her home where she also
raises three young children.
Here's Asako's most
requested wedding repertoire:
(Other songs available by request)
Meditation from Thais
Schbert "Ave Maria"
Pachelbel "Canon in D"
Bach "Air on G"
Vivaldi "Spring from the Four Seasons"
Purcell "Trumpet Tune"
Clarke "Trumpet Voluntary"
Handel "Entrance of the Queen of Sheba"
Vivaldi "Largo fro the Four Seasons"
Handel "Hornpipe for the Water Music"
Mendelssohn "Wedding March"
Wagner "Bridal Chorus"
Beethoven "Ode to Joy"
Handel "La Rejouissance from the Fireworks Music"
Handel "Largo for Xerxes
Mouret "Rondear"
Bach "Arioso"
Bach "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring"
