"Alloy" with the LA Philharmonic May 8th - "Dudamel conducts Berio"
with Jody Oberfelder with a grant from New Music USA: March 1-3 NYC
Video excerpt of the incredible Vicky Chow playing Vick(i/y) posted by the LA Times.
New video of "LIgNEouS" presented by Vic Firth featuring Rosenbaum, Schoenberger, Salerni, Kaplan, and Roberts.
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), Andy is currently a Ph.D. candidate with The Roger Sessions University Fellowship In Music at Princeton University. At Princeton, he studies with Paul Lansky, Steve Mackey, Dan Trueman, Dmitri Tymoczko, and Barbara White. He has recently studied composition with Julia Wolfe, Christopher Theofanidis, Ezra Laderman, Martin Bresnick, and David Lang. As a percussionist and steel panist Akiho has performed with numerous professional ensembles, and his immersion in various genres has given him a unique approach to composition that interweaves smooth, flowing sound with piercing and intricate architectural rhythm.
Akiho's unique style and inspiration stems largely from a moment early on in his career when he was exploring and challenging the boundaries and traditions of the steel pan. After completing his bachelor degree in percussion, he made four extensive performance visits to Trinidad where he participated in the world's premier steel pan event, Panorama, with the Starlift Steel Orchestra and the Phase II Pan Groove Orchestra. Around the same time Akiho also won Second Prize in the 2002 World Steelband Music Festival solo competition, where he premiered his first original steel pan composition, Macqueripe. Since 2003, he has performed and taught steel pan extensively in New York City and has successfully taught his arrangements to groups including Joubala, Jambalasi, and the Sesame Flyers International Steel Orchestra. As an educator, he served as a lead teaching artist for ArtsConnection, New YorkԳ most comprehensive arts-in-education non-profit organization. Akiho plans to continue his career as a performer while placing a strong emphasis on his chamber and orchestral compositions.
(Bio updated by Nicole Kagan - January 2012)
Andy Akiho may be most closely associated with indie classical music, but underneath the cleverly shapeshifting arrangements on his new album No One to Know One beats the heart of a great pop tunesmith. Atonality may be all the rage (when, since about 1918, has it NOT been all the rage?) but this guy is all about melody....Lucid Culture
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Andy Akiho stands at the center of a trio of steel pans on the stage of Yale University’s ornate Woolsey Hall, playing the world premiere of the first concerto he has written...Ronni Reich The Star-Ledger
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...as was evidenced in the world premiere of Andy Akiho's "NO one To kNOW one."
The short, percussive work combined an unusual mix of amplified orchestral instruments with the decidedly nonclassical steel pan and a chantlike vocal part. The result was exotic and immediately appealing...Kyle MacMillan Denver Post
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The short, percussive work combined an unusual mix of amplified orchestral instruments with the decidedly nonclassical steel pan and a chantlike vocal part. The result was exotic and immediately appealing...
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Andy Akiho needs no introduction to steelpan music connoisseurs, aficionados and enthusiasts - WST has been keenly following the development and music career of Andy for a number of years. However, on the general music scene, Andy’s compositions and performances are now raising eyebrows, turning heads and moving into areas not previously explored with new colors, perspectives and stories not told like this before - yet holding down the tradition. The fact that he has garnered this attention and respect primarily with the steelpan as his instrument of choice instrument is all the more special.
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Past Performances
Thalia Cafe
Frédérique Cambreling - solo harp performance
Featuring Mivos SQ & Ian Rosenbaum, marimba
A. Akiho - Steel Pan, P. Hofreiter - Bass,
M. Godbole - Percussion, & S. Dixon - Drums
Andy Akiho - World Premiere, Andrew Norman - Try,
Jude Vaclavik - World Premiere, Jacob Druckman - Counterpoise
Andy Akiho - World Premiere, Andrew Norman - Try,
Jude Vaclavik - World Premiere, Jacob Druckman - Counterpoise
Domenic Salerni - Violin
Ian Rosenbaum - Marimba
Samuel Adams - Bass
Kenneth Salters - Drums
Featuring Andy Akiho & The Foundry
Samuel Adams, Bass, Kenneth Salters, Drums
Free Admission
World Premiere of "thE stReAm of conScious machinEry"
World Premiere of "Five Movements for Piano Trio"
Tyshawn Sorey, Payton MacDonald, Tristan Perich, Susie Ibarra, Greg Beyer, Andy Akiho & Mariel Roberts
World Premieres by Andy Akiho (steel pan concerto),
Reena Esmail, Adrian Knight and Omar Surillo.
Martin Bresnick's "Pan Penseroso" w/ Ransom Wilson
Works by Sam Adams, Andy Akiho, Martin Bresnick, & Stephen Feigenbaum
Osiris Quartet and Candy Chiu
Concert & Dinner $37
Student/Seniors: $10
New Composition for Steel Pan Ensemble & Drumset.
Duet for Cello, Pan, Percussion, and Electronics
Publicity Photos
Photo Album
Subconscious Inconsistency
Soprano, 3 Flutes, Bass Clarinet, Trumpet, Piano, Pan, Percussion
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Soprano, 3 Flutes, Bass Clarinet, Trumpet, Piano, Pan, Percussion
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Soprano, 3 Flutes, Bass Clarinet, Trumpet, Piano, Pan, Percussion
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