About Our Artists

Amy Hiraga is currently the violist of the Tomodachi String Quartet. She was a violinist in the San Francisco Symphony for 27 years, and previously in the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and
the Orchestra of St. Lukes. She has also performed and recorded with Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, and appeared a soloist with the Seattle Symphony, Aspen Philharmonia, Solisti of New York, Northwest Chamber Orchestra, and the St Luke's Chamber Ensemble. Chamber music appearances include performances at the Caramoor, Bard, Olympic, Chamber Music West, Lake Tahoe Summerfest and Santa Fe Chamber Music Festivals, and has recorded for Stereophile, Muse and Lapis Island records. Her principal teachers include Emanuel Zetlin and Dorothy DeLay at the Juilliard School.