Akiko Fujimoto
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Akiko Fujimoto | |
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| Born | Japan |
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| Occupation | Conductor |
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| Website | akikofujimoto |
Akiko Fujimoto is a Japanese-born American conductor. Since 2019 she has been the music director of the Mid-Texas Symphony. She has held positions as associate conductor of the Minnesota Orchestra and the San Antonio Symphony, conducting associate for the Virginia Symphony Orchestra, and cover conductor for the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and has appeared as a guest conductor for the National Symphony Orchestra, Houston Symphony, North Carolina Symphony, Florida Orchestra, Fort Wayne Philharmonic Orchestra, Corpus Christi Symphony, Lexington Philharmonic Orchestra, and Vermont Symphony Orchestra.[1][2][3][4] Fujimoto became the first woman to hold a full-time conducting position on the artistic staff of the San Antonio Symphony when she was hired as its assistant conductor in 2011.[5] In 2017, she became the second woman to conduct the Minnesota Orchestra.[6] In 2019, Fujimoto became the first woman conductor for the Mid-Texas Symphony.[3]
Fujimoto was born in Japan.[3] When she was 14, she moved with her parents to the United States because her father was relocated by the company he worked for.[3][7]
Education
Fujimoto earned a Bachelors of Arts degree in Psychology and Music at Stanford University.[3][5] She later went on to earn her Master's degrees in choral and orchestral conducting from Eastman School of Music in 1999 and Boston University in 2001.[8][5]