PRAx Presents: Andy Akiho Ensemble
Come get to know the 2025-26 Patricia Valian Reser Artist-in-Residence in a program featuring his own ensemble. Known for the range of his compositions, including landmark works for orchestras, Andy Akiho launches the season at PRAx on an intimate, adventurous note. The composer himself appears on steel pans and percussion.
This concert is the same evening as a rescheduled OSU home football game. Friends of PRAx and season ticket holders will have access to reserved parking near PRAx. From 4 p.m. to 10 p.m., we will also be running free shuttles for ticket holders to and from local parking lots. Details will be sent to ticket purchasers.
Join us anytime after 4 p.m. for the PRAxTAILGATE, featuring music on the outdoor and indoor stages prior to the concert by Andy Akiho at 7 p.m.
At PRAx, Akiho will present this fall concert with his ensemble, a winter concert with OSU student musicians, and a spring concert featuring his landmark, Grammy-nominated work with Imani Winds, BeLoud, BeLoved, BeLonging.
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About Andy Akiho, 2025-26 Patricia Valian Reser Artist-in-Residence
Akiho is a “trailblazing” (Los Angeles Times) Pulitzer Prize finalist and seven-time Grammy-nominated composer whose bold works unravel intricate and unexpected patterns while challenging the preconceived boundaries of classical music.
A virtuosic steel pannist, Akiho has a deeply physical relationship with composition. Having spent most of his 20s playing steel pan by ear in Trinidad and New York City, Akiho only began writing music at age 28. Since then, he has been commissioned – to take just a few examples — by the New York Philharmonic, National Symphony Orchestra, Shanghai Symphony, and the China Philharmonic. He is the recipient of the Rome Prize and many other awards.
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PRAxTAILGATE begins at 4 p.m.
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