CÂLINE YAMAKAWA

Consultant,  France, Belgium, Switzerland

A native of Japan and Belgium, Câline Yamakawa joined Brakeley in 2007 as a consultant based in Paris, France.  She is currently working on a project for l’Université Pierre et Marie Curie in Paris (Paris VI) and has also worked for the University of Ghent (Belgium) and WWF (France).

Prior to moving to Europe, she lived several years in the UK and the US.  She  worked as a publicist and special projects manager in New York for Hemsing Associates, a communications firm specialized in the arts. 

Câline is also currently founding manager of Férudar, an international arts projects management outfit specialized in classical music.  Her work varies from production to media consultancy and past clients have included the Yehudi Menuhin International Competition for Young Violinists (London, UK), the Orchestre National de Lille (Lille, France), and the Verbier Festival (Verbier, Switzerland). 

A graduate of Tufts University and the New England Conservatory of Music, both in Boston, Câline has also completed coursework in Arts Administration at New York’s Columbia University.  She is a regular volunteer for NGOs such as Habitat for Humanity and Christian Children’s Fund.

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