Naho Tsutsui
Violinist, Naho Tsutsui, a native of Japan, is an active performer and an educator. A member of the Hyperion String Quartet since 2007, she regularly performs with the ensemble throughout the United States. As an advocate of contemporary music, she has commissioned and premiered dozens of works. She has given numerous recitals in the United States, Canada, Japan, Germany, and Bulgaria, both as a soloist and chamber musician, and has performed at prestigious halls such as Merkin Hall, Lincoln Center, and the National Palace of Culture in Bulgaria. Her live performances have been broadcasted worldwide on WQXR and she was a featured recitalist on the Bulgarian National Television.
She is a recipient of numerous scholarships and awards including the first prize of the NCSA Concerto Competition, the Giannini scholarship, and the Liberace scholarship. She received her BM from North Carolina School of the Arts, and her MM and DMA from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Her principal teachers include Philip Setzer, Pamela Frank, Mitchell Stern, and Kevin Lawrence. As an educator, Naho served as an adjunct professor at the Ross School in East Hampton from 2003-2006 and was an artistic director of the Music Academy at Ross.
Since 2003, Naho spends her summers at the Kinhaven Music School in Vermont and, since 2007, she has been serving as a resident teaching artist at the Bloomingdale School of Music in Manhattan, New York.
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