Renate Tsuyako Rohlfing

Renate Tsuyako Rohlfing is an Associate Professor at Berklee College of Music's Music Therapy Department. She is internationally renowned as a pianist and music therapist, having performed at prestigious venues such as Carnegie Hall, London's Royal Albert Hall, and Berlin's Schloss Bellevue. Rohlfing integrates her performance career with research on music's therapeutic effects on neurodiverse populations and grief processing.

• Graduate of Juilliard School (performance) and New York University's Master of Music Psychotherapy
• Co-founder of Sounds That Carry, supporting arts organizations with program design
• Staff therapist at Nordoff-Robbins Center for Music Therapy (New York City)

Her research focuses on music's impact on autism spectrum disorder, anxiety, and family systems, while developing community-based creative projects. Rohlfing also contributes to Psychology Today's Music on My Mind blog and is pursuing post-graduate training in Analytical Music Therapy.

• Second Prize, Wigmore Hall Song Competition
• Recipient of Avenir Foundation Research Grant