Kenji Fusé is a Canadian violist

Violist

-Notable violists:A* Julia Rebekka Adler * Sir Hugh Allen , conductor* Kris Allen * Johann Andreas Amon * Paul Angerer , composer* Steven Ansell * Atar Arad * Cecil Aronowitz...

 and composer living in Victoria, British Columbia

Victoria, British Columbia

Victoria is the capital city of British Columbia, Canada and is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of about 78,000 within the metropolitan area of Greater Victoria, which has a population of 360,063, the 15th most populous Canadian...

, Canada. He currently holds the position of principal

Principal (music)

The principal musician in an orchestra or other large musical ensemble is the leader of the group of musicians playing that instrument. Every instrumental group has a principal who is generally responsible for leading the group and playing orchestral solos. The violins are divided into two groups,...

 viola with the Victoria Symphony Orchestra. He also teaches at the Victoria Conservatory of Music.

Fusé has premiered the Jacques Hétu

Jacques Hétu

Jacques Hétu, OC was a Canadian composer and music educator from Trois-Rivières, Quebec. He was nominated for a 1989 Juno Award in the Best Classical Composition category...

 Viola Concerto in BC, Canada, with conductor Alain Trudel

Alain Trudel

Alain Trudel is a Canadian musician, composer and conductor. He began his career playing the trombone, but has more recently turned to conducting....

 and the Victoria Symphony Orchestra (2011). He has performed his own viola concerto with the same orchestra, under the direction of both Glen Fast (1993) and the dynamic young Music Director Designate of the venerable Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Yannick Nézet-Séguin is a French Canadian conductor. He is Music Director Designate of the Philadelphia Orchestra, and will become Music Director in 2012.-Biography:...

 (2005).

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