Takumi Taguchi

Takumi Taguchi is a recent graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music, where he studied with Shmuel
Ashkenasi, Midori, and Aaron Rosand. His prior teachers include Simon James, Hiro David, and Mihoko
Hirata. In recent summers, he has attended the Heifetz Institute in Staunton, VA, and Music Academy of
the West in Santa Barbara, CA.
Mr. Taguchi served as co-concertmaster of the Curtis Symphony Orchestra in the 2021-22 season and
appeared with the Princeton Symphony and Symphony in C (NJ). He has also performed as soloist with
numerous orchestras in his hometown of Seattle including the Seattle Symphony. A passionate chamber
musician, he has collaborated with members of the Dover and Calidore Quartets in performance and
received extensive coaching from members of the Guarneri, Vermeer, Tokyo, Takacs, Orion, and
Borromeo Quartets. Mr. Taguchi will join the violin section of the Boston Symphony Orchestra in the
2022-23 season.