Robert Ryker strikes the right chord

Maestro Robert Ryker, Music Director, Tokyo Sinfonia

First published by The Japan Times

Conductor Zubin Mehta once told Robert Ryker that Mehta’s two orchestras, the Montreal Symphony and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, had the world’s two finest tuba players. Ryker, then 22 years old, was one of them. It was a rare compliment for any musician, most of whom…