One of the greatest young cellists of Japan, Yuiko Arai started her cello study under Junzo Sanno at the age of six.  Miss Arai came to the U.S. to study with John Waltz at the Idyllwild Arts Academy in 2001, where she also won the concerto competition and performed with the orchestra in Los Angeles, CA.  

After receiving the first prize at the Kanazawa Young Artists Concert Audition in 2003, she moved to Hamburg, Germany to study at the Hochshule fur musik und theater, where she is currently a student under Wolfgang Mehlhorn.  

She recently won the Toryumon Young Artists Competition in Japan and performed with one of Japan’s leading orchestra, Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa, and has received critical acclaim.

She has participated music festivals including Aspen Music Festival, Ishikawa Music Academy(Japan), San Giovanni a Mare Festival(Italy), and masterclass with Richard Aaron, Timothy Eddy, Jian Wang, David Finckel, Mineo Hayashi, and Hakuro Mouri.