Rayáo Furuta and Stacey Pelinka, flutes

Young musician holding a flute on city street at dusk, wearing dark silk green shirt with a deep vee

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Ann E. Pitzer Center

Ráyo Furuta is a Mexican Japanese American flutist known for his electrifying stage presence and genre-defying artistry. With command of classical, contemporary, global, jazz, and pop styles, Furuta has captivated audiences worldwide. 

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Free, a Shinkoskey Noon Concert

About the Artists

Ráyo Furuta is a Mexican Japanese American flutist known for his electrifying stage presence and genre-defying artistry. With command of classical, contemporary, global, jazz, and pop styles, Furuta has captivated audiences worldwide. He has appeared across Mexico, Japan, Korea, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Spain, Poland, the Middle East, and North America, with performances alongside Yo-Yo Ma’s Silkroad Ensemble, for the United Nations, and at major festivals including Yellowbarn, Mainly Mozart, Okayama, Interharmony, Saarburg, Banff, Sarasota, and Opera en la Calle. He tours regularly as a concerto soloist, specializing in contemporary works by Gabriela Lena Frank, Yuko Uebayashi, Jake Heggie, and Paul Schoenfield, and as a recitalist with his longtime duo partner, Grammy-winning pianist Michelle Cann.

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