Tomoko Fujita, Cello

Biography

Praised in Strad magazine for her “haunting” performance of Morton Subotnick’s Axolotl, Tomoko Fujitahas collaborated with esteemed artists such as Itzhak Perlman, members of the Cleveland, Emerson, and Juilliard String Quartets, dancer Wendy Whelan, and the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company. 

As a founding member and the cellist of the Bryant Park Quartet for ten years, she has presented numerous concerts and interactive outreach presentations, nationally and internationally, and released a CD album entitled “BPQ”. Currently, she is a member of the New York Chamber Music Co-Op, a new creative performance collaborative in New York City. She plays cello and piano repertoire regularly with pianist Luba Poliak.

Ms. Fujita graduated summa cum laude from Rice University with a double degree: a Bachelor of Music in cello performance and a Bachelors of Arts in psychology.  Having earned a Master of Music at The Juilliard School, she received a Doctorate of Musical Arts from Stony Brook University.

In addition to her performance career, she is the Director of the Stony Brook University Pre-College Program and a coach at the New York Youth Symphony Chamber Music Program. In the summers, Ms. Fujita is in residence at the Kinhaven Music School in Weston, VT. For more information, visit www.tomokofujita.com.