Anna Hashimoto

Background

Hashimoto was born in Japan but moved to the United Kingdom when she was six months old.

Education

She attended the Junior Department of the Royal College of Music before starting at the Purcell School where she studied with Michael Collins who then continued to teach her at the Royal Academy of Music.

Career

At the age of 15, she made her London Concerto debut with the English Chamber Orchestra at the Barbican Centre. Anna is a Vandoren United Kingdom artist and is represented by Nippon Artists Management Incorporated. for Japanese engagements. She performs on a Peter Eaton Clarinet and Basset Clarinet who list her as a "Gifted young soloist".

After completion of her studies, she was awarded a Meaker Fellowship in 2011 and then in 2014, she was made an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music.

She has played concertos with orchestras such as the English Chamber Orchestra, Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra, Filharmonie Hradec Kralove, Japan Philharmonic, New Japan Philharmonic, Nagoya Philharmonic, and the Chamber Orchestra of the Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai Symphony. Anna has been broadcast on Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai television and FM, FM Tokyo, American Broadcasting Company Radio and British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 3, including British Broadcasting Corporation Radio3"s "In Tune", Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai-FM"s "Best of Classic" and Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai television"s "Classic Club" (in a joint recital with Michael Collins).

Anna also has performed chamber music collaborations with artists such as Michael Collins, Leon McCawley and Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi, and string quartets such as Solstice, Alberni, Ciurlonis, Kodaly and Prazak Quartets. As an orchestral player she has been guest principal with the British Broadcasting Corporation Symphony Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, and is currently on trial as principal clarinet of the Philharmonia.

Achievements

• Whilst she was at the Academy, Anna was awarded the Associated Board Scholarship amongst several other prizes including the Leverhulme Scholarship, Buffet Crampon Clarinet Prize, and Regency Award on graduation. She was the winner of the International Clarinet Competitions in Kortrijk (Belgium) in 2010, in Carlino (Italy) in 2009, and the Young Clarinettists Competition in Tokyo in 2003.

Membership

In addition to her work as a soloist, she is also an active chamber musician and a member of the Atėa Quintet who are Associate Ensemble in Residence at the Birmingham Conservatoire.