Sae Hashimoto

Sae Hashimoto (sa-eh ha-shee-moh-toh) is a Japanese-born percussionist whose multifaceted career extends beyond barriers of genre and classification. Her unique approach to performance is cultivated by her intensive classical training and a decade of freelance experience in NYC performing symphonic, baroque, contemporary, and avant-garde music. Sae is the newest member of Yarn/Wire, a NYC-based piano/percussion quartet that has promoted the creation of new and experimental music for over the past decade. As an orchestral musician, she has appeared as guest timpanist with the New York Philharmonic and the New York City Ballet. Since 2016, she has worked extensively with John Zorn, and has premiered over ten of his works for the vibraphone. Her latest project featuring original music is Archipelago X, an improv-based trio consisting of Brian Marsella on keyboards and Ikue Mori on electronics. She holds a bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the Juilliard School, where she studied with Daniel Druckman and Markus Rhoten of the New York Philharmonic.