SFGC Presents: Premier Ensemble with Haruka Fujii

SFGC’s Premier Ensemble’s 2023-2024 season concludes with a collaboration with renowned percussionist and composer Haruka Fujii at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. The concert of new music will include a commissioned work by Fujii, one of the most prominent solo percussionists and marimbists of her generation. Fujii has won international acclaim for her interpretations of contemporary music, having performed numerous premieres of works from luminary composers, and appeared as a soloist with orchestras including the San Francisco Symphony, Munich Philharmonic, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, and more. Since 2010, she has performed as an artist of the Grammy Award-winning Silkroad Ensemble, joining a group of international musicians founded by Yo-Yo Ma, and serves as one of the artistic leadership team alongside with the artistic director Rhiannon Giddens. Her interest in percussion was influenced by her mother, noted marimbist Mutsuko Fujii. She studied music at the Tokyo National University, the Juilliard School, and the Mannes College of Music. Fujii previously collaborated with SFGC on the world premiere of the choral opera Tomorrow’s Memories: A Little Manila Diary by Matthew Welch. 

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