Japanese born Violist Mari Adachi is a truly versatile musician. Having started playing the violin at the age of four but soon discovered her love for the viola and preferred it to the violin. Her studies brought her to Vienna and Lausanne. In 2015 she returned to Japan to play solo, chamber music but also sometimes in various leading orchestras. Besides many leading houses and festival her appearance at the Montreux Jazz Festivl in 2015 is notable. Having the Verbier International Music Festival as the starting point of her teaching activities Is fascinating in itself.