Akili Farrow, violin

Meet Akili

Akili performed on Show 359 in Kennet Square, PA on September 9, 2018

Akili Farrow, 18, (violin) hails from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where she recently graduated from the String Theory School. She will begin studies at the Royal College of Music in London this fall. Akili studies with Kimberley Fisher and Jennifer Lee. She began her musical education with Play On Philly, and has performed with the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra, the Philadelphia Sinfonia Orchestra, and All City Orchestra, where she was named an All City Orchestra Fellow. Akili receives support from The Primavera Fund Artist program and received the Marian Anderson Scholarship Award. This summer she toured with the National Youth Orchestra of the United States. Akili is also an avid photographer.