Second ViolinAika Ito, a native of Tokyo, Japan, joined the first violin section of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) in September of 2014. Previously, she was a member of the Canton Symphony Orchestra and the Akron Symphony Orchestra. She has participated in several summer festivals including the Pacific Music Festival, Schleswig Holstein Music Festival, and the Tanglewood Music Festival. She is a violist of the Salaff Quartet, formed by RPO musicians in 2014.
She holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the Toho School of Music in Tokyo, where she studied with Tsugio Tokunaga, former concertmaster of the NHK Symphony Orchestra. She earned an Artist Diploma at the Cleveland Institute of Music with Stephen Rose, Principal Second Violinist of the Cleveland Orchestra.