German-born Ole Akahoshi began studying cello at the age of four in Berlin, and at the age of eleven he was the youngest pupil ever to be accepted by the late Pierre Fournier, with whom he worked for four years. In 1989 he moved to the United States where he received the Bachelor of Music degree from the Juilliard School, the Artist Diploma from Indiana University, and the Master of Music Degree from the Yale School of Music.
Mr. Akahoshi has soloed with the Symphonisches-Orchester-Berlin, Czechoslovakian Radio Orchestra, Zilina Symphony Orchestra (Slovak Republic), Paraiba Orchestra (Brazil), Orquesta Sinfonica de Vina del Mar (Chile), Orquetra de Musicos do Festival de Artes de Itu (Brazil), and the International Sejong Soloists, replacing Lynn Harrell at the last minute at the Aspen Music Festival.
He has also held recitals at Carnegie Hall, the Kammermusiksaal der Berliner Philharmonie, Tsuda Hall in Tokyo, as well as in Israel, Italy, Czech Republic, Korea, Slovak Republic, Canada, and Brazil. He was top prizewinner in numerous national and international competitions and has performed at numerous American and European music festivals. He joined the faculty of the Yale University School of Music in 1997 and is the principal cellist of the International Sejong Soloists in New York. Since 1999 he is a member of Seiji Ozawa’s Saito Kinen Orchestra |
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