[1] She was the first prize winner of the 11th Lipinski & Wieniawski Competition for Young Violinists in Lublin, Poland.
She was also the first prize winner of the 7th International Competition for Young Violinists in Novosibirsk, Russia.
Moné Hattori was born into a musical family in Tokyo, Japan.
[1][4] At the age of eight, Hattori gave her recital debut with orchestra with the Saint-Saëns Violin concerto.
[3] Hattori currently plays on a 1743 Pietro Guarneri violin loaned from the Ueno Fine Chemicals Industry, Ltd.[2]