Bio

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Violinist Yuyu Ikeda made her debut at the age of ten with the Bellflower Symphony Orchestra. Currently based in NYC, her work encompasses orchestral performance, chamber music, and education. She regularly performs with ensembles including the New York Classical Players and the Princeton Symphony Orchestra, and during the 2022–23 season, she served as concertmaster of the Pacific Music Festival Orchestra.

An active chamber musician, Yuyu is a first-prize recipient of the Ruth Widder String Quartet Competition and has appeared at the Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival, Chelsea Music Festival, EAMA’s String Quartet Residency, Juilliard’s 37th Annual Focus Festival, and the Sarasota Music Festival, where her performance was featured on WQXR-FM. 

Dedicated to expanding access to classical music, Yuyu also regularly programs outreach concerts with Concerts in Motion and Project Music Heals Us. She is equally committed to music education, currently serving on the faculty of the Geneva Conservatory and Musical Mentors Collaborative. She previously taught at the Juilliard MAP program and Midori and Friends.

Yuyu holds degrees from The Juilliard School, Oberlin Conservatory, and Manhattan School of Music.

Teaching Info

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I provide private lessons, group lessons, chamber/orchestral coachings, theory/solfege lessons. My teaching focuses on solidifying fundamental skills from a musical standpoint, as well as developing efficient practicing habits and convincing musical ideas. I also specialize in audition prep, and have successfully prepared students for MSM pre-college, Juilliard MAP, and conservatory undergraduate/graduate programs. I also run a practice coaching program, where I coach students on zoom to help them practice effectively, and review the weekly lesson material correctly.