BIO

Yuki Numata Resnick is a violinist, nonprofit leader, and educator. Originally from Vancouver, BC, she is passionate about her adopted home in Buffalo, NY, and ensuring that all youth in Buffalo have equitable access to music education.

Yuki holds violin performance degrees from the Eastman School of Music and the University of Michigan. She also holds a Certificate in Nonprofit Management from Duke University.

As a violinist, Yuki has performed on stages from the Sydney Opera House to Carnegie Hall and is a passionate advocate for new music. In 2016, she released For Ko, her debut solo record featuring brand new works by living composers and has concertized throughout Europe, Australia, Asia, and North America. A versatile musician, Yuki has also played with and recorded for bands such as The National, Beirut, King Princess, Lisa Hannigan, and Arcade Fire. Most recently, Yuki recorded for Taylor Swift and can be heard on Swift’s Midnights, Folklore, Evermore, Fearless (Taylor’s Version) and Red (Taylor’s version). She is also a featured musician on Ed Sheeran’s upcoming record, (Subtract).

Yuki held the position of Assistant Professor of Music at the University at Buffalo from 2013-2016. During this time, she co-founded Buffalo String Works, a music program focused on leadership development and social change. She held the Executive Director position from 2019-2023, steadily growing the organization’s capacity to serve over 150 refugee, immigrant, and historically-marginalized youth. At the time of her departure, Buffalo String Works employed 22 staff and faculty and had a budget of nearly $1M. Yuki is currently the Director of Arts and Culture at the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo. Her role interacts closely with the Raph C. WIlson, Jr. Foundation’s $100M commitment to transform the long-term viability of Western NY’s arts and culture community through the establishment of an endowment that will support the sector now and forever. Yuki is honored to be entrusted with leading this critical funding initiative and is dedicated to ensuring that the values of equity and inclusion are lifted up throughout Western NY’s arts and culture community.

PRESS

“In Resnick’s interpretation of Bach, her tone achieved unity in spite of dichotomy–incisive yet rich, mournful yet resilient. The fourth movement in particular revealed the depth of the violinist’s skill. The speed and dexterity, the effortless deluge of notes were nothing short of breathtaking.”

— icareifyoulisten.com

““…you could see a full-bodied, often eerily precise Knoxville Symphony Orchestra interpreting Max Richter’s “recomposed” version of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons — interrupted by an applauding crowd too enamored with violinist Yuki Numata Resnick’s blazing solo.””

— Rolling Stone

““Numata Resnick may have been the single most accomplished and impressive solo performer at the entire fest, technically impeccable and charismatic.”
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— Knoxville Mercury