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Introduction

Yoshi Weinberg (they/them) is a New York City based flutist, harpist, and composer. Lauded for their “sublime tone” and “creative interpretation and technical virtuosity” (I Care If You Listen), Yoshi is a dedicated performer of contemporary and experimental works. They have performed on the stages of Roulette Intermedium (NYC), the Fitzgerald Theater (St. Paul, MN), the Ordway Center for the Arts, Banff Centre for the Arts (Canada), Mahaiwe Theater (Great Barrington, MA). Orchestra Hall (Minneapolis, MN), Gesellschaftshaus (Magdeburg, Germany), Fondation des États-Unis (Paris, France), Conservatoire Darius Milhaud (Aix-en-Provence, France), Duomo di Pavia (Pavia, Italy), Palau de la Musica (Valencia, Spain), among many others. They currently are Artistic Director of InfraSound, and is founding member and flutist for Apply Triangle, InfraSound, and KnoxTrio. Additionally, Yoshi served as Artistic Director of the Minnesotan new music ensemble RenegadeEnsemble for the 2017-2018 season, and performed regularly in Minneapolis/St. Paul as flutist with Renegade, Zeitgeist and Spitting Image Collective. Yoshi was a participant in the 2018 Ensemble Evolution residency at the Banff Centre for the Arts, where they worked and performed with members of the International Contemporary Ensemble, and premiered works by George Lewis, Cory Smythe, and themself. Yoshi won 1st Prize in the 2015 Schubert Club Competition, 2nd Prize in the 2019 Upper-Midwest Flute Association Young Artist Competition, and 3rd Prize in the South Carolina Flute Society Young Artist Competition. An avid piccoloist, Yoshi currently plays 2nd flute/piccolo in the Berkshire Opera Festival orchestra, piccolo/3rd flute with the Greenwich Village Orchestra, and previously held the solo piccolo position with Encore Wind Ensemble.

As a composer, Yoshi’s compositions have been described as “a stunning compositional display of polyphony and texture” (ICIYL) and “transcendent, emotional, and intimate” (Sparks and Wiry Cries). Their works have been premiered by InfraSound, e(L)ement duo, the dream songs project, and RenegadeEnsemble, and have been featured on Minnesota Public Radio and at the American Harp Society Summer Institute.

Yoshi is currently studying their D.M.A. in Flute Performance at the CUNY Graduate Center, studying with Robert Dick. They graduated with a B.M. in Music Performance from Saint Olaf College in 2015 studying flute with Catherine Ramirez and harp with Elinor Niemisto, and a M.M. degree in Contemporary Music Performance at the Manhattan School of Music in 2020 studying flute with Tara Helen O’Connor, composition with Reiko Füting, David Adamcyk, and Susan Botti, and harp with Susan Jolles. Other teachers and coaches include Margaret Kampmeier, Lucy Shelton, Patricia George, and Michele Frisch. Yoshi currently resides in Brooklyn, NY with their 55+ houseplants.