Winner of the Sonderpreis Klavier (Special Pianists’) at the 2016 Internationaler Wettbewerb für Liedkunst Stuttgart, Renate Tsuyako Rohlfing’s performances have taken her to festivals and halls around the world, including Carnegie Hall, the Ravinia Festival, Amsterdam’s Muziekgebouw, London’s Royal Albert Hall, The Lucerne Festival and the David Koch Theater at Lincoln Center. She is a Second Prize winner of the Wigmore Hall Song Competition.

As co-founder of Sounds That Carry, Ms. Rohlfing works to develop social impact programs for arts organizations, augmenting impact and increasing organizational capacity.

Ms. Rohlfing is an Associate Professor at Berklee College of Music where she teaches courses on music psychology and the role of the arts in public health. She has been invited to lead discussions and workshops across the globe, most recently at Berklee Abu Dhabi, The Juilliard School Entrepreneurship Symposium, Chamber Music America, Harvard Graduate School of Education, and the Institute for Technology and Aging at McLean Hospital in Boston.

Her work has been supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, The Wallace Foundation, Berklee Faculty Grants, The Avenir Foundation, and others.

She is a proud native of Honolulu, Hawaii, and a graduate of The Juilliard School and New York University.