Yuki Kasai

Prizewinner of the 8th International Mozart Competition in Salzburg, Yuki Kasai has appeared at many festivals like the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Rheingau, Ultraschall Festival for New Music in Berlin, and Open Chamber Music in England.  Yuki has also appeared in concerts at the Wigmore Hall in London, partnering musicians like Stephen Isserlis, Pekka Kuusisto and Joshua Bell.  With the Italian bassoonist Sergio Azzolini who introduced her to the vivacity of performing Baroque music on period instruments, she has appeared in concerts in Germany, Switzerland and Italy.  

Yuki currently leads the Kammerakademie Potsdam and the Ensemble Oriol Berlin.  She also regularly plays as a guest in the Chamber Orchestra of Europe and guest leads the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.