Elizabeth Furuta began playing the violin at the age of four, inspired by seeing the Tokyo String Quartet on Sesame Street. She joined the Cincinnati Symphony in 2024, having previously been a member of the Detroit Symphony and second associate concertmaster of the Omaha Symphony.
Elizabeth holds bachelor and master degrees in violin performance from the Cleveland Institute of Music, where she studied with David Updegraff and William Preucil, and was a recipient of the Dr. Bennett Levine Memorial Award in Chamber Music. An avid chamber musician, she has worked with members of the Brentano, Cavani, Cleveland, Emerson, Juilliard, Shanghai, Takács, and Tokyo quartets, and has participated in the Banff Chamber Music Residency, the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, the Fischoff competition, and the Taos School of Music. Other notable performances include a solo performance for a ceremony honoring former United States Supreme Court Justice David Souter and an appearance as the musical guest on NPR's nationally broadcast program “Says You”.