Andy Akiho is an eclectic composer and
performer of contemporary classical music.
He was born in 1979 in Columbia, SC, and is
based in New York City. Akiho is a
graduate of the University of South Carolina
(BM, performance), the Manhattan School of
Music (MM, contemporary performance),
and the Yale School of Music (MM, composition).
Akiho is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in
composition at Princeton University.
Described as “mold-breaking,” “alert and alive,”
“dramatic,” and “vital” by The New York Times,
He has received numerous awards, including
the 2014-15 Luciano Berio Rome Prize, the
2015 Lili Boulanger Memorial Fund, a
2014 Fromm Foundation Commission from
Harvard University, the 2014 American Composers
Orchestra Underwood Emerging Composers
Commission, a 2014 Chamber Music America
Grant with the Friction Quartet and Jenny Q. Chai,
a 2012 CMA Grant with Sybarite5, the 2012
Carlsbad Composer Competition Commission
for the Calder Quartet, and the 2011
Finale & ensemble eighth blackbird National
Composition Competition Grand Prize.
Described as “mold-breaking,” “alert and alive,” “dramatic,” and “vital” by The New York Times, Andy Akiho is an eclectic composer and performer of contemporary classical music. Recent engagements include commissioned premieres by the New York Philharmonic, National Symphony Orchestra, Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, and Carnegie Hall’s Ensemble ACJW; a performance with the Los Angeles Philharmonic; and three concerts at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. Akiho has been recognized with awards including the 2014- (CMA) Grant with the Friction Quartet and Jenny Q
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