The Wiener Symphoniker has announced that Japanese violinist Seina Matsuoka has been appointed as the orchestra's new third concertmaster. Matsuoka has been based in Vienna since 2017, when she moved to the city to study at its University of Performing Arts.

In 2023, Matsuoka was the winner of the Szymanowski Competition, where she also received a number of special prizes. She is the recipient of the Matsukata Hall Music Award, the ABC Newcomer Concert Best Music Award, the 2nd Prize at the 5th Soji Angel Violin Competition, and the Aoyama Music Award Newcomer Prize in 2018.

In 2019, she reached the finals of the Queen Elisabeth Competition. She has also won the Jury Encouragement Prize at the Sendai International Competition, First Prize and the Commissioned Work Prize at the International Music Competitions VŠMU, and the Special Prize at the tenth Fritz Kreisler International Competition.

In addition, she has made solo appearances with the Kansai Philharmonic Orchestra, the Osaka Symphony Orchestra, the Central Aichi Symphony Orchestra, and the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra.

Matsuoka is a graduate of the Special Performance Course at Souai University's Faculty of Music and the University's Department of Music. Her teachers have included Machie Oguri, Michael Frischenschlager, and Peter Schuhmayer, and she has studied chamber music with Stefan Mendl and Johannes Meissl.

"Welcome to the orchestra, Seina Matsuoka!" wrote the orchestra on social media. "To many exciting musical moments!"