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| Naho Tsutsui, a native of Japan, joined the Hyperion String
Quartet in 2007. As an enthusiastic chamber musician, she is also a member of the Transfiguration
Ensemble and the Brooklyn Chamber Players, giving many concerts in the New York area. Ms.
Tsutsui is also an advocate of contemporary music, having commissioned and premiered a number
of works. She has given numerous recitals in the United States, Japan, Germany, and Bulgaria,
both as a soloist and chamber musician, and has performed at prestigious halls such as the
Merkin Hall, the Lincoln Center, and the National Palace of Culture in Bulgaria. Her live
performances have been broadcast worldwide on WQXR and she was a featured recitalist on the
Bulgarian National Television. Ms. Tsutsui 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 Bachelor of Music degree from North Carolina School
of the Arts, and her masters and doctorate degrees 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, she 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. Ms. Tsutsui
spends her summers at Kinhaven Music School in Vermont and is currently a resident teaching
artist at the Bloomingdale School of Music in Manhattan. |
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