Short Bio

Sasha Ono is an award winning cellist and concert curator based in New York City where she is known for her versatility and unique sound. Recent performances include work with Ariana Grande, Coldplay, Josh Groban, and Joshua Bell. Sasha has been featured as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral musician at prominent venues across the United States and globally and appears regularly on television programs “Saturday Night Live”, “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon”,  “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert”,  as well as on NPR’s “Tiny Desk Concert” series.

You can hear her recording work on two GRAMMY Award winning songs along with several acclaimed movie and tv show soundtracks. Sasha regularly works on Broadway shows and is involved with a variety of musical theater projects. She has also founded the acclaimed series, “Comfy Classical” which has introduced many new audiences to classical chamber music.

Medium Length Bio

Sasha Ono is an award winning cellist and concert curator based in New York City where she is known for her versatility and unique sound. Recent performances include work with Ariana Grande, Coldplay, Josh Groban, and Joshua Bell. Sasha has been featured as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral musician at prominent venues across the United States and globally. She appears regularly on television programs “Saturday Night Live”, “The Daily Show”, “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon”,  “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert”,  as well as on NPR’s “Tiny Desk Concert” series.

You can hear her recording work on two GRAMMY Award winning songs along with soundtracks for Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu TV shows, Disney Pixar, and more. Sasha is regularly subbing on Broadway shows Moulin Rouge and SUFFS, and regularly performs and records with Broadway artists and composers. As an advocate for classical music reflecting the experiences of wider communities, she founded Lotus Chamber Music Collective whose mission is to perform and commission compositions by women, BIPOC, and LGBTQIA+ composers. She has also founded the acclaimed series, “Comfy Classical” which has introduced many new audiences to classical chamber music.

Full Length Bio

Sasha Ono is an award winning cellist and concert curator based in New York City where she is known for her versatility and unique sound.

Recent performances include work with Ariana Grande, Coldplay, Miley Cyrus, Olivia Rodrigo, Ellie Goulding, Lauryn Hill, Michael Bublé, Josh Groban, Cyndi Lauper, Raye, Sarah Brightman, Kristin Chenoweth, Kate Nash, Jessica Betts, 8-Bit Big Band, Raye, Lawrence, Laufey, Mozart in the Jungle, and Streetlight Manifesto.

Sasha has been featured as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral musician at venues including Carnegie Hall, Radio City Music Hall,  National Sawdust, David Geffen Hall, Madison Sq. Garden, Brooklyn Mirage, as well as international performance venues. Sasha has also appeared on National TV on “Saturday Night Live”, “The Daily Show”, “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon”,  “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert”,  and “The Tamron Hall Show” as well as on NPR’s “Tiny Desk Concert”.

International performances include a tour of Northern Japan to raise awareness and funds for areas still heavily impacted by the tsunami and earthquakes.

Sasha’s recording work as a cellist can be found on two GRAMMY Award winning songs “Meta Knight’s Revenge” by the 8-Bit Big Band and “Refuge” by Geoffrey Keezer. Her studio work also includes soundtrack work for Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu TV shows, Disney Pixar, and more. She is featured as a soloist on soundtrack of “Ex-Pats”, “Mixed Tape”, as well as on “Yamanaka Bushi” by Jazz Messenger Shunzo Ohno, “Bakit Pa” by Troy Laureta, and more. She can also be seen in the TV shows “Only Murders in the Building” and “Mozart in the Jungle”.

Sasha is regularly subbing on Broadway shows Moulin Rouge and SUFFS, and regularly performs and records with Broadway artists and composers.

As an advocate for classical music reflecting the experiences of wider communities, she founded Lotus Chamber Music Collective whose mission is to perform and commission compositions by women, BIPOC, and LGBTQIA+ composers. LotusCMC has won several grants and recognition from national organizations such as Chamber Music America. She has also founded the acclaimed series, “Comfy Classical” which has introduced many new audiences to classical chamber music.

Sasha Ono is currently serving as adjunct faculty at Manhattan University.