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​  Japanese pianist‭ ‬Akina Motoyama first started to play the piano at the age of four with her mother.‭ ‬Following studies with Yukiko Kawaguchi,‭ ‬she went on to study at the Toho Gakuen School of Music in Tokyo with Makiko Yamasaki.‭ ‬She has worked with a number of esteemed teachers including Aldo Ciccolini,‭ ‬Daniel Shapiro,‭ ‬Etsuko Tasaki,‭ ‬Haruko Ueda,‭ ‬John Perry,‭ ‬Klaus Hellwig,‭ ‬Kou Iwasaki,‭ ‬Nina Lelchuk,‭ ‬Peter Takacs,‭ ‬and Shigeo Neriki. ..Akina has won many prizes and fellowships in Japan and the United States.‭ ‬She has been invited to appear at numerous festivals,‭ ‬including:‭ ‬Montecito Summer Music Festival in USA,‭ ‬Nagasaki Music Festival in Japan,‭ ‬and the Musica Riva Festival in Italy.

 Her most recent European performances were as a guest artist at the Rencontres ‭ ‬Franco-Américaines ‭ ‬de ‭ ‬Musique ‭ ‬de ‭ ‬Chambre ‭ ‬festival in Missillac,‭ ‬France,‭ ‬performing solo and camber music.‭ ‬She was also invited to perform in China as a Music Ambassador from Sasebo,‭ ‬Japan.‭ ‬Recent concerto appearances include performing Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue with Sasebo Civic Orchestra and Mendelssohn’s Piano Concerto No.1‭ ‬with the Polish Krakow National Chamber Orchestra.
‭  Akina is also an experienced chamber musician and her performances have been widely acclaimed.‭ ‬She has performed chamber music in prestigious concert halls in Japan with such distinguished artists as Heiichiro Oyama and Rintaro Kaneko,‭ ‬and in France and the United States with Peter Marsh,‭ ‬and the‭ “‬CAY Trio.‭” ‬Her‭ ‬2015-2016‭ ‬concert season includes solo and chamber music performances in and around Los Angeles,‭ ‬the Pacific Northwest,‭ ‬Southwest United States,‭ ‬and recording a CD of chamber music.
‭  Akina is currently studying with Kevin Fitz-Gerald in Los Angeles at the University of Southern California’s Flora L.‭ ‬Thornton School of Music,‭ ‬where she holds a music scholarship by the University.‭ ‬She was awarded Outstanding Graduate‭ ‬-‭ ‬Keyboard Studies from USC when she graduated with her Graduate Certificate,‭ ‬and is currently completing her studies at USC in the Master’s Program.



  Praised by the ‭ ‬New York Times ‭ ‬for having‭ "‬traversed the palette of emotions‭" ‬with‭ "‬gorgeous tone and an edge of-seat intensity‭" ‬and described by ‭ ‬Diario de Menorca ‭ ‬as an‭ "‬ideal performer‭" ‬that offers‭ "‬elegance, ‭ ‬ ‭ ‬displayed virtuosity,‭ ‬and great expressive power‭"‬,‭ ‬Spanish cellist‭ ‬Andrea Casarrubios strives to enrich and transform all kinds of audiences,‭ ‬empowering them to explore their own personal connection to music.
‭  Andrea has played extensively as a soloist and chamber musician in countries throughout Europe,‭ ‬Asia and America.‭ ‬She has collaborated in festivals such as the Piatigorsky International Cello Festival,‭ ‬Ravinia RSMI,‭ ‬Pablo Casals Festival,‭ ‬Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival,‭ ‬and the Verbier Festival among others. ‭ ‬ ‭ 
  Andrea is a founding member of Trio Appassionata.‭ ‬The ensemble just completed a CD with four American Piano Trios released in‭ ‬2014‭ ‬on Odradek Records.‭ ‬First prize winner of numerous cello competitions and awards,‭ ‬Andrea is also a pianist,‭ ‬an active new music performer and a composer herself,‭ ‬and she has premiered several contemporary works including Meredith Monk's ‭ ‬Backlight ‭ (‬2015‭) ‬at Carnegie Hall, ‭ ‬and ‭ ‬Maktub ‭ ‬for three cellos,‭ ‬Andrea's own work,‭ ‬premiered at the VI Festival Luigi Boccherini,‭ ‬in‭ ‬2013.
‭  Andrea began to play the piano at the age of two under the guidance of composer María Escribano and continued her development with pianists Ludmil Angelov,‭ ‬Seth Knopp,‭ ‬and Bernadene Blaha in Toledo‭ (‬Spain‭)‬,‭ ‬Baltimore,‭ ‬and Los Angeles respectively.‭ ‬At the age of five she started to take cello lessons and became a student of Maria de Macedo in Madrid.‭ ‬Andrea expanded her undergraduate studies at the Peabody Conservatory with Amit Peled,‭ ‬and ‭ ‭ ‬in 2013‭ ‬she completed her Masters at USC under the tutelage of Ralph Kirshbaum.
‭  Andrea currently lives in New York City where she is a fellow at Ensemble ACJW,‭ ‬a program of Carnegie Hall,‭ ‬The Juilliard School,‭ ‬and the Weill Music Institute in partnership with the New York City Department of Education.‭ ‬..Andrea's latest engagements include recitals in Spain,‭ ‬a tour through China and Brazil with Trio Appassionata,‭ ‬and concerts in Paris and Geneva with Ensemble ACJW.‭ ‬In addition to performing several chamber music concerts each season at Carnegie Hall among other venues,‭ ‬Ensemble ACJW fellows also use their unique skill set of advocacy and musicianship to present meaningful events and performances at multiple non-traditional venues bringing music to people in challenging circumstances.
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