Seven Pillars named one of the best classical performances of 2023 by the New York Times
"In early fall 2021, I watched this quartet (Sandbox Percussion) rehearse Andy Akiho’s “Seven Pillars,” a brooding, thrilling, Mahler-length taxonomy of noise that Sandbox had already captured on a vivid recording. But it wasn’t until nearly two years later, in June at Caramoor, that I finally saw these four musicians burn through the Akiho, in a spectacle of flashing lights and constant motion."
- Zach Woolfe
2022
USC School of Music Alumni Spotlight | September Spotlight: Andy Akiho
The Post and Courier/Free Times | A New Pillar of Classical Music
WIS News/Soda City Live | Interview on Performance of Seven Pillars at UofSC
CMA Talks | Close Listening with Melody Buyukozer Dawkins, PhD
OregonArtsWatch | The Coolest Thing Ever Done: Andy Akiho's Seven Pillars at Chamber Music Northwest
OPB | Portland Composer Andy Akiho Presents Chamber Piece for Percussion
The Strad | Andie, Andy, and Andy Present a Work for Violin, Trumpet, and Steel Pan
Yale School of Music | Pulitzer Prize Nomination
SFCV | Seven Pillars at Chamber Music Northwest
Yale Daily News | 64th Grammy Awards
New Yorker | Spring Classical Music Review
When Steel Talks | 64th Grammy Awards
SF Chronicle Datebook | Interview with Joshua Kosman on Sondheim
Parade | 64th Grammy Awards
The Whole Note | Seven Pillars review by Cheryl Ockrant
Pitchfork | 64th Grammy Awards
2021
New York Times | One Composer, Four Players, "Seven Pillars"
New York Times | The 25 Best Classical Music Tracks of 2021
New York Times | 64th Grammy Awards
The Seattle Times| Seven Pillars Live Premiere Preview
Forbes | Baryshnikov Arts Center Performances
NY Post | 64th Grammy Awards
New York Times | 2021 Fall Preview
Musical America Worldwide | Sandbox Percussion and Seven Pillars
New York Times | 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Percussion
Only Strings | New Percussion in 11 Movements
New Music USA | Seven Pillars with Sandbox Percussion and Andy Akiho
Variety Magazine | 64th Grammy Awards
New York Times | Baryshnikov Arts Center Performances
Broadway World | Trailblazer Andy Akiho and Sandbox Percussion Announce Seven Pillars
WGTE | Classical Conversations
CapRadio | Jennifer Reason's 2021 Classical Picks
KCUR | Sandbox Percussion and Seven Pillars
Memerita by Thomas May | Seven Pillars at Emerald City Music
WRUU | Contemporary Classics, Episode 1 & 2
OregonArtsWatch | 64th Grammy Awards
2016-20
I Care If You Listen | And That One Too: Sandbox Percussion Showcases Close Collaborators
Los Angeles Times | Review: '(M)iyamoto is Black Enough' and then some at the Wallis
Oregon ArtsWatch | A Baroque Groove Master at Work
New York Times | Watch Ping-Pong Make Its New York Philharmonic Debut
New Music Box | Andy Akiho: Inside the Instrument
Oregon ArtsWatch | Andy Akiho: Systems Within Systems
I Care If You Listen | Emerald City Music Presents Andy Akiho Artist Spotlight in Seattle
Oregon ArtsWatch | Andy Akiho review: Music for Strings, Color, and Percussion