About

Violinist Yuyu Ikeda debuted at the age of ten with the Bellflower Symphony Orchestra, and has since performed with orchestras in Japan and the United States. An avid orchestral musician, Yuyu has performed with the Princeton Symphony, New York Classical Players, and the Pacific Music Festival Orchestra where she served as concertmaster.
Yuyu has also collaborated with many interdisciplinary artists in New York City. She performed in a multimedia production with award-winning theatre group RenGyoSoh, and a showcase of Bach and Ysaye with dance and narration alongside members of the String Orchestra of New York City. At Juilliard, her quartet was invited to perform in Juilliard’s “Focus!” festival for contemporary music. A winner of the 2025 Ruth Widder String Quartet competition, she performs regularly as part of Quartett Knödel.
Yuyu holds degrees from the Juilliard School (MM) and Oberlin College and Conservatory (BA and BM).

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