Core Members

  The PAC Orchestra consists of professional core members mostly under 35 years of age. The PAC Orchestra Division seeks and assembles talented musicians from various regions of the world, including Japan, other Asian countries, Europe and the United States. During their 3 years in the PAC Orchestra, these excellent young musicians are given ample opportunity to practice their repertoires in styles ranging from Baroque to Contemporary through performances of orchestral and chamber music, opera and ballet.

Violin Chieko Amano
Tokyo, Japan
 Sayuri Ishihara
Gunma, Japan
Khai Ern Ooi
Malaysia
 Dooran Kim
Korea
Mayu Shirai
Chiba, Japan
 Min Sun Song
Korea
Soojin Chang
U.S.A.
 Sachiko Nomura
Tokyo, Japan
Ryoko Harada
Tokyo, Japan
 Satomi Fukuzawa
Kyoto, Japan
Reina Fukushima
Hyogo, Japan
 Minako Fujii
Hokkaido, Japan
Chihiro Yamamoto
Hyogo, Japan
 Hong-Kyun Lim
Korea
Viola Rena Ota
Nagano, Japan
 Sergey Tarashchansky
Israel
Whittney Thomas
U.S.A.
 Maciej Filochowski
Poland
Rebecca Matayoshi
U.S.A.
 Ming-Hsin Lu
Taiwan
Cello Nanako Okuda
Osaka, Japan
 Hyunseo Kim
Korea
Charles Tyler
U.S.A.
 Hiroki Hasegawa
Fukushima, Japan
Double Bass Akiko Kikuchi
Tokyo, Japan
 Eric Shetzen
U.S.A.
Hirofumi Taniguchi
Hokkaido, Japan
 Matthew Nelson
U.S.A.
Flute Melkorka Olafsdottir
Iceland
 Maiko Noguchi
Yamaguchi, Japan
Oboe Sachiko Takahashi
Osaka, Japan
 Seung Hwa Han
Korea
Clarinet Carmen Izzo
U.S.A.
 Michael Byerly
U.S.A.
Bassoon Michael Siu
Canada
 Christina Havens
U.S.A.
Horn Yu Kumai
Kanagawa, Japan
 Brian Goodwin
U.S.A.
Trumpet Yukinori Akahori
Gifu, Japan
 Sean Maness
U.S.A.
Trombone Roger Flatt
U.S.A.
Timpani and Percussion Joel Biedrzycki
U.S.A.
 Naoki Yasuda
Kyoto, Japan