Mai Ota

Born in Tokyo. After graduating from the Kunitachi College of Music, he moved to Germany. He completed the diploma course at the Mannheim Conservatory and then the soloist course at the same institution, obtaining a German state performer qualification. While still a student, he was a trainee at the Saarland Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Heidelberg Philharmonic. In 2006, he joined the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra. He studied under Akiko Nabeshima, Hachiro Hirose, Akiko Tatsumi, Tsuguo Tokunaga, Yuka Eguchi, and Valery Gradov.