Tomoji Hirakata is a senior technical specialist for Yamaha Artist Services in New York City. He graduated from Yamaha Technical Academy in Japan in 1991, focusing on woodwind and brass repair before relocating to the U.S. in 1999. Tomoji has worked with members of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, New York Philharmonic Orchestra and Philadelphia Orchestra, as well as many other orchestral and jazz musicians from the U.S. and abroad.
