Korine Fujiwara
composer
Korine Fujiwara is a founding member of the Carpe Diem String Quartet, a devoted and sought-after chamber musician and teacher, and an award-winning composer and arranger.
Named as one of Strings Magazine’s “25 Contemporary Composers to Watch,” Fujiwara has received commissions for opera, chamber ensembles, chorus, concerti, and music for modern dance. Her works have been performed throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, and Asia. Fujiwara is a recipient of an Opera America Commissioning Grant for “The Flood,” with librettist Stephen Wadsworth.
Korine Fujiwara is assistant professor of viola at The Hartt School at the University of Hartford. She holds degrees from The Juilliard School and Northwestern University.
