Akina Yoshino

Yoshino moved to France after graduating from high school. In 2003, she joined the Conservatoire Paul Dukas with a unanimous first place, graduating with a unanimous First Prize diploma in 2006. In the same year, she became the first Japanese student in 10 years to enrol in the clarinet course at the Paris Conservatory, and graduated from the same department in 2010 with top honours. She then joined the Paris Conservatory Orchestra (Orchestre des laureats du conservatoir, commonly known as OLC). Yoshino served as a clarinetist and bass clarinetist for two years, during which time she enrolled in the bass clarinet course at the Paris Conservatory, from which she graduated in 2012. She is currently the Principal clarinetist of the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, and Part-time Lecturer at Toho Gakuen University. She has studied clarinet under Kouichi Honda, Michel Arrignon, Arnaud Leroy, Jérôme-Julien Laferrière, and Jean-Noël Crocq.