As an active freelance musician, Rick Ostrovsky performs regularly with some of the most respected ensembles in New York City. A member of the American Symphony Orchestra and Orchestra Lumos (formerly the Stamford Symphony), other notable orchestras with which he plays include the American Composers Orchestra and the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra.

He has also regularly played with the Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra and the New York City Ballet. He has toured extensively with a variety of ensembles, playing in major concert halls throughout the United States, Europe, South America and Asia. Mr Ostrovsky performs and teaches as part of the faculty of the Eastern Music Festival, and also performs with the ASO at the Bard Music Festival. He can be heard on orchestral recordings of the American Symphony Orchestra and the Orchestra of St Luke’s, and is the solo bassist on the recordings of the Gowanus Arts Ensemble. Mr Ostrovsky was a member of the Columbus Symphony Orchestra and the solo bassist with the Soviet Emigre Orchestra, an ensemble of thirteen string players without conductor. Mr Ostrovsky has also had the opportunity to perform on Broadway and played regularly as bassist for shows such as A Secret Garden, Beauty and the Beast, and Kiss of the Spiderwoman. He has also performed in a variety of chamber and solo settings, including a performance of the Bottesini Gran Duo in concert with violinist Erick Friedman, and he has shared the recital stage with his wife, soprano Kaori Sato. Mr Ostrovsky received both his B.M. and M.M. from the Juilliard School as a student of Homer Mensch.