Ralph Samuelson

Ralph Samuelson

Ralph Samuelson is Senior Advisor to the Asian Cultural Council (ACC). After graduating from Cornell University he received a Master’s Degree in Music from Wesleyan University. After working as an instructor in ethnomusicology and a festival researcher, he joined the staff of the JDR 3rd Fund (predecessor of the ACC) in 1976 and was appointed ACC Director in 1991. He assumed his present post of ACC Senior Advisor in July 2008. In addition to his activities at ACC, Samuelson has made a career for himself as a top-level shakuhachi flute performer of both the traditional repertoire and contemporary works.