British cellist, Ken Ichinose, is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Music in London, where he studied with Paul Watkins. During his time there, Ken co-founded the Galitzin String Quartet with which he performed for ten years and completed major tours in the UK, Germany, Holland, Portugal and France. The Quartet were first prize winners of the 2007 Charles Hennen International Chamber Music Competition. Ken is also co-founder of an annual chamber music festival in Brignac near Montpellier, France.
Before joining the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra as Associate Principal in 2014, Ken enjoyed 10 years freelancing with London orchestras including the Philharmonia, Academy of Saint Martin in the Fields, and the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Ken plays on a Lorenzo Carcassi Cello, made in Florence, 1747.
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