Biography
Percussion
Haruka Fujii
Multi-percussionist Haruka Fujii has appeared as a soloist with the San Francisco Symphony, Munich Philharmonic, Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, Sydney Symphony, Orchestre Nationale de Lyon, and the NHK Symphony. She is a member of San Francisco Contemporary Players and the New York-based Line C3 Percussion Group, as well as the Utari Percussion Duo, a duet project with her sister Rika which actively commissions new compositions from young composers. Since 2010 Ms. Fujii has performed as an artist of the Grammy Award-winning Silkroad Ensemble, with whom she serves as part of the artistic leadership team alongside artistic director Rhiannon Giddens. Her world premiere recordings can be found on the SONY, Kosei, ALM Records, and Deutsche Grammophon labels. In addition to her career as a performing artist, Ms. Fujii recently joined the percussion faculty of San Francisco Conservatory of Music.