Yoshika Masuda

Cellist Yoshika Masuda specializes in chamber music and has premiered several important contemporary works. At 14, Masuda settled on a musical career after playing Max Bruch's Kol Nidre for a paralyzed hospital patient and seeing a tear roll down her cheek. He has collaborated with several musicians from the pop world, making his recording debut on Leonard Cohen's 2016 album You Want It Darker. He was also heard on the soundtrack of the 2018 film Crazy Rich Asians. In 2022, Masuda joined the violin faculty at Chapman University in Orange, California, as assistant professor. He released his debut album, Hidden Flame, in 2024, backed by pianist HyeJin Kim.