Yuki Ito

Yuki Ito made his debut with the Philharmonia Orchestra whilst studying at the Royal College of Music in London. Praised by The Strad as “sensational” and for his “commanding technique and masterfully assured delivery of melody”, he has performed around the globe including recitals at Wigmore Hall, Royal Festival Hall in London and Carnegie Hall in New York. In 2025 he world-premiered the Cello Concerto “Casanova” orchestral version at Suntory Hall in Tokyo, with the Tokyo Philharmonic under the baton of the composer, maestro Johan de Meij, who had written the “Elegy & Scherzo” for Cello and Orchestra specially for Yuki Ito in 2023. He centres Rachmaninoff in his wide range of repertoire, which naturally led him to make his world-wide debut CD “Rachmaninoff Complete Cello Works” in 2013 and publish his first book in 2023: a monograph “Insights on Rachmaninoff -from the Cellist’s perspective-” commemorating the composer’s 150th birth anniversary. In recent years he has been invited to give masterclass by conservatoires such as Ljubljana Academy of Music, Slovenia, and in 2025 he served as the youngest chairman of the jury at International Music Competition “FLAME” in Paris. He has been honoured with prestigious awards including the Pierre Fournier Educational Award (2007/UK), the Saito Hideo Memorial Fund Award (2019/Japan) and the Hotel Okura Music Award (2026/Japan) for his service to music. Yuki Ito plays the “Maragarites” cello by P.A.Testore (Milan, c.1755) as the first ever Japanese official partner cellist of Larsen Strings, Denmark, enabling him to perform exclusively with their “Magnacore” strings.

(As of February 2026, 250 words)