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The JapanEse born violiunist and conductor, Shunske Sato (Japaners: 佐藤 俊介), immigrated to the USA at the age of four. He studied at the Juilliard School in New York (teachers: Chin Kim, Dorothy DeLay, Masao Kawasaki), Conservatoire National de Région in Paris (teacher: Gérard Poulet) and Hochschule für Musik und Theather in Munich (teacher: Mary Utiger), and the Curtis Institute (teacher: Jaime Laredo). His teachers have also included Eiichi Chijiiwa. As a Baroque violinist, he won the Second Prize and the Audience Award at the 17th International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition in Leipzig, Germany in July 2010. The Agency for Cultural Affairs of Japan chose Sato to be a recipient of the New Face Prize in Music Division at its 65th Arts Festival based on his Baroque recital which took place in Tokyo on October 29, 2010. He was a recipient of loan by Nippon Music Foundation and a winner of Idemitsu Music Award in 2005 sponsored by Idemitsu Kosan, one of leading oil companies in Japan.
Shunske Sato is a violinist known for his distinctive and engaging performances on both modern and historical instruments. Equally in demand as concert-master, chamber musician, soloist and teacher, the diversity of his activities reflect his versatile and resourceful nature.
Shunske Sato started his concert career in the USA at age 12, by winning the Young Concert Artists first prize in 1997, the youngest ever to date. He has performed as a soloist throughout North America, Europe, and Japan as a soloist with orchestras such as Baltimore Symphony, Seattle Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra (USA), Minnesota Orchestra, NHK Philharmonic, Osaka Century Orchestra, State Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Russian Federation, Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra, Omsk Academy Symphony Orchestra, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Bayerischer Rundfunk Symphonieorchester, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Gulbenkian Orchestra, and Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra. In the roles of both soloist and concert-master he has worked with numerous conductors, including Ivor Bolton, Richard Egarr, Christopher Hogwood, and Kent Nagano.
Shunske Sato's New York recital debut in 2000 was quoted as his concert was a knockout...has developed an astonishing level of poise and musicality in the New York Times by Allan Kozinn on October 24, 2000. In 2001, he became the youngest artist performed L.v. Beethoven's violin concert at the Beethoven Festival in Bonn, Germany, which was broadcast through Deutsche Welle.
In 2011 October, Shunske Sato made a UK debut in Cambridge and London with the Academy of Ancient Music under direction of Richard Egarr, performing Niccolò Paganini's Violin Concerto No. 2 with gut strings on a period instrument (the first performance on historical instruments). in 2013 December, Sato with German pianist and harpsichordist Andreas Staier performed duo recitals at the Izumi Hall in Osaka, at the Toppan Hall in Tokyo, Japan performing W.A. Mozart's sonatas.
In January 2013, Shunske Sato was appointed as a concert-master of the Nederlandse Bachvereniging (Director: Jos van Veldhoven), succeeding Johannes Leertouwer, as well as of the Concerto Köln. On May 11, 2017, he was appointed as Artistic Director of the Nederlandse Bachvereniging from June 1, 2018, succeeding Jos van Veldhoven. He held that position until June 2023, succeeded by Johanna Soller from May 1, 2025. He was the 6th artistic leader in
the ensemble's 104-year history.
He is often invited as a guest concert-master for ensembles such as the Freiburger Barockorchester and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. In 2013 January, he received a special Baroque violin - Giovanni Grancino, Milan around 1695 - on loan from the Jumpstart Jr. Foundation in Amsterdam, Netherlands. In November 2013, the Amsterdam School of the Arts announced their appointment of Sato as a guest teacher to the Early Music Department.
In August 2015, Shunske Sato made a Canada debut in Montreal with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra under direction of Kent Nagano, performing J.S. Bach's Violin Concerto No.1 in A minor (BWV 1041) with a period instrument. The live concert was recorded by Radio-Canada and nationally broadcast on Radio-Canada Télé, on ICI ARTV, on Radio-Canada's music network ICI Musique in September 2015, and on medici.tv in October 2015. In November 2016, Antonio Vivaldi's the Four Seasons live recorded in Kempen, Germany performing Concerto Köln with Sato as a soloist was released by Berlin Classics.
In 2016 September, Shunske Sato made Australian debut in Sydney and Melbourne with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra under direction of Paul Dyer, performing Niccolò Paganini's Violin Concerto No.4 with gut strings. In the tour, Sato directed Felix Mendelssohn's String Symphony No. 3 and Edvard Grieg's Holberg Suite Op. 40. The live concert in Melbourne was recorded and broadcast by ABC Classic FM,in February 2017 it was released in CD from ABC Classics.
His discography is extensive and most notably includes works for solo violin by Georg Philipp Telemann, Paganini and Eugène Ysaÿe. In 2007, as a violist, he recorded viola solo sonatas written for Sato by Akira Nishimura for Camerata Tokyo. He has recorded violin concertos by Haydn and W.A. Mozart with Orchestra Libera Classica under the baton of Hidemi Suzuki, |
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Member of Nederlandse Bachvereniging:
AOB Video: BWV 29 [2014], BWV 32 [2015], BWV 35 [2015], BWV 36 [2013], BWV 42 [2016], BWV 50 [2013], BWV 51 [2015], BWV 55 [2016], BWV 58 [2015], BWV 61 [2013], BWV 62 [2013], BWV 67 [2014], BWV 78 [2018], BWV 102 [2014], BWV 105 [2018], BWV 110 [2015], BWV 120 [2014], BWV 130 [2013], BWV 131 [2015], BWV 146 [2013], BWV 151 [2015], BWV 159 [2016], BWV 170 [2016], BWV 191 [2015], BWV 196 [2015, 2nd recording] , BWV 206, BWV 244 [2014, 3rd recording]
NBV-AOB [AB-44] (2018, Video): BWV 44
NBV-AOB [AB-104] (2018, Video): BWV 104
NBV-AOB [AB-140] (2018, Video): BWV 140
NBV-AOB [AB-232] (2016, Video): BWV 232 [3rd recording]
NBV-AOB [AB-243] (2014, Video): BWV 243
NBV-AOB [AB-245] (2017, Video): BWV 245 [2nd recording] |
