Taichi Akutsu
Violin Instructor

SoBe Institute of the Arts
2100 Washington Avenue
Miami Beach, Fl 33139
305 674-9220 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

• SoBe Institute of the Arts - violin Instructor (2007 - current)
  
  
• Manhattan School of Music Summer Camp (2005-2007)
• Teacher's Choice Suny Music Studio in New York (2005-2007)
  

EDUCATION

• Manhattan School of Music: M.M. in the Orchestral Performance Program [2005]

• Mannes College of Music: Professional Studies [2002]

• Tokyo College of Music (Japan): B.M. Violin Performance [2000]

TEACHERS
Major Teachers

• Glenn Dicterow /Lisa Kim /Yoko Takebe [2003-2005] MSM
• Anna Rabinova [2002-2003] New York Philharmonic
• Lewis Kaplan [2000-2002] Bowdoin Summer Music Festival/ Mannes

Masterclasses
William Preucil, Glenn Dicterow , Ilya Kaler, Chikashi Tanaka, David Halen

ORCHESTRAL EXPERIENCE

• Fellow [2006-2007] New World Symphony Fellowship Program
• Principal Second [2006] New World Symphony Orchestra
• Concertmaster [2004-2005] Manhattan School of Music Orchestra
• Principal Second [2004/2005] Kurt Masur Conducting Seminar Orchestra
• Associate Concertmaster [2001-2003] Mannes Symphony
• Principal Second [2001-2003] Hunter Symphony (New York )
• Concertmaster [2000] Tokyo College of Music Symphony Orchestra (Japan)

CONDUCTORS

• Michael Tilson Thomas, Sergei Commissiona, Kurt Masur, Samuel Wong, Otto-Werner Muller, David Hayes, Gerard Schwarz, Gunther Schuller
  

SOLO EXPERIENCE

• Manhattan School of Music Chamber Sinfonia [2005] Mozart Serenade in D

OTHER PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE

• Co-founder, Kokolo Ensemble String Orchestra in New York
• Violin Recital at Hunter College, City University of New York(2007)

AWARDS
           Raphael Bronstein Award [2005] Manhattan School of Music