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• The Magic Flute (Metropolitan Opera)

  The Metropolitan Opera

  Dec 2025

  • In her Met debut, conductor Erina Yashima mastered this high-wire act with aplomb. Each aria and extended scene had the appropriate space, but she kept things moving.

    • Seen and Heard International
    • 14 December 2025

• NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra

  Elbphilharmonie Hamburg

  Jan 2023

  • Antonín Dvořák's wonderfully refreshing Symphony No. 5 op. In 76, Erina Yashima created a tremendous liveliness and gave free rein to the joy of playing of her NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra.

    • Hamburger Abendblatt
    • 20 January 2023

• Così fan tutte (Washington National Opera)

  Kennedy Center

  Mar 2022

  • Led by conductor Erina Yashima, the WNO Orchestra performed with ramped-up vigor, riding Mozart’s melodic updrafts (the ones that counter the story’s downward spiral) and contributing some of the evening’s best comic timing.

    • The Washington Post
    • 13 March 2022

• Philadelphia Orchestra

  Saratoga Performing Arts Center

  Jul 2022

  • Yashima is a firebrand on the podium. Her conducting style is precise with a taut clear beat and a forceful energy that electrifies not only the musicians but the audience. She’s totally focused and utterly joyous in what’s she’s doing and getting superb results. Even in the traditional opening of the “Star Spangeled Banner” in which many in the audience sang, the music sounded almost as if we’d never heard it before." "The program opened with Shostakovich’s “Festive Overture” (1954) with its big brassy introduction that leads to colorful and fast melodies before returning to its thrilling conclusion. The orchestra sounded fabulous and with Yashima’s propulsive tempos, the music jumped off the page. A friend said after the cheers, standing ovation and loud clapping that he’d follow Yashima anywhere.

    • The Daily Gazette
    • 28 July 2022