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Violinist Kayla Iwane, who began studying music at the age of five, fled Japan with her family after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, enrolling at Idyllwild Arts Academy in 2012 and performing with the Academy Orchestra. Her mother Cathy Iwane was one of the activists protesting the recommission of the San Onofre nuclear power plant.
Iwane had previously attended Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan.