The South Carolina Philharmonic is ending its 60th Anniversary Season on a high note—welcoming home Columbia’s own Andy Akiho for a special evening of music at the Koger Center for the Arts on Friday, April 26, at 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n
Akiho, a seven-time Grammy-nominated composer and percussionist, will take the stage in a program titled “Fantastique”<\/em> that blends his modern works with a classical masterpiece. The concert will include the national rolling premiere of Akiho’s brand-new cello concerto Nisei<\/em>, performed by acclaimed cellist Jeffrey Zeigler. Akiho himself will also perform his Fantasy for Steel Pans and Orchestra<\/em>, giving audience members a chance to witness his virtuosity firsthand.<\/p>\n To cap off the evening, the Philharmonic will present Berlioz’s iconic Symphonie Fantastique<\/em>.<\/p>\n Tickets range from $25 to $74 and are available at scphilharmonic.com<\/a> or by calling the Koger Center Box Office at 803-251-2222 (Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.). Students can score half-price rush tickets 30 minutes before the concert for in-person purchases in select sections.<\/p>\n A Columbia native and proud alumnus of the USC School of Music, Akiho began his musical journey as a member of the SC Philharmonic Youth Orchestra. He graduated in 2001 with a degree in Percussion Performance and has since become an innovative voice in contemporary classical music.<\/p>\n Joining him is cellist Jeffrey Zeigler, a former member of the world-renowned Kronos Quartet. Zeigler’s diverse career has earned him major accolades, including the Avery Fisher Prize and the President’s Merit Award from the Recording Academy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The South Carolina Philharmonic is ending its 60th Anniversary Season on a high note—welcoming home Columbia’s own Andy Akiho for a special evening of music at the Koger Center for the Arts on Friday, April 26, at 7:30 p.m. Akiho, a seven-time Grammy-nominated composer and percussionist, will take the stageContinue Reading<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7087,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[35],"tags":[97,294],"class_list":["entry","author-john-griggs","post-7086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-live-music","tag-sc-phil"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gpstrianglenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PhilAhiko_2025_630x350.jpg?fit=630%2C350&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7086"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7086\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}