Shunsuke Sato
Encyclopedia
is a Japanese born, classical
and baroque
violin
ist and violist
.
first prize in 1997, performing throughout North America, Europe, and Japan as a soloist with orchestras such as Baltimore Symphony, Seattle Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra (United States), Minnesota Orchestra
, NHK Symphony Orchestra
, State Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Russian Federation
, Mariinsky Theatre
Orchestra, Omsk
Academy Symphony Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
, Gulbenkian Orchestra
, and Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra
.
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 24 October 2000.
In 2001, Sato became the youngest artist performed Beethoven's violin concert at the Beethoven Festival in Bonn
, Germany, which was broadcast through Deutsche Welle
.
He was a recipient of loan by Nippon Music Foundation
, a winner of Idemitzu Music Prize in 2005 sponsored by Idemitsu Kosan
, one of leading oil companies in Japan.
In 2007, as a violist, Sato recorded viola solo sonatas written for Sato by Akira Nishimura
for Camerata Tokyo.
He was educated by Chin Kim
, Dorothy DeLay
and Masao Kawasaki at the Juilliard School
, Jaime Laredo
at the Curtis Institute, Gérard Poulet at Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris
, Mary Utiger at Hochschule fur Musik und Theater Munchen
.
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 has chosen 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 29 Oct, 2010.
In 2011 October, 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.
Recorded: August 2004/Released: January 2005
Daily Yomiuri: The Best New CD Of The Month (February 2005)
Asahi Shimbun: The Critics' Recommendation (February 2005)
Mainichi Daily News: The Critics' Choice (February 2005)
Recorded: November 2005/Released: March 2006
(composer: see below/ piano: Takashi Sato)
Recorded: June 2007/Released: October 2007
Grand Prize awarded by the Agency for Cultural Affairs (Government of Japan), 62nd National Arts Festival 2007
Recorded: March 2007 /Released: March 2008
Contents: (composer:Akira Nishimura
)
(Label: UCJ Japan)
Recorded: January 2009/Released: April 2009
Daily Yomiuri: The Best New CD Of The Month (May 2009)
Mainichi Daily News: The Critics' Choice (May 2009)
Contents(composer: Nicolo Paganini：24 Caprices Op.1)
Concert Live Recorded: October 24, 2010 / Released: May 26, 2011
Daily Yomiuri: The Recommended New CD Of The Month (June 2011)
Contents:
Classical music
Classical music is the art music produced in, or rooted in, the traditions of Western liturgical and secular music, encompassing a broad period from roughly the 11th century to present times...
and baroque
Baroque
The Baroque is a period and the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music...
violin
Violin
The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
ist and violist
Violist
-Notable violists:A* Julia Rebekka Adler * Sir Hugh Allen , conductor* Kris Allen * Johann Andreas Amon * Paul Angerer , composer* Steven Ansell * Atar Arad * Cecil Aronowitz...
.
Musical activities
Sato started his concert career in the United States at 12, by winning the Young Concert ArtistsYoung Concert Artists
Young Concert Artists is a New York City-based non-profit organization dedicated to discovering and promoting the careers of talented young classical musicians from all over the world...
first prize in 1997, performing throughout North America, Europe, and Japan as a soloist with orchestras such as Baltimore Symphony, Seattle Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra (United States), Minnesota Orchestra
Minnesota Orchestra
The Minnesota Orchestra is an American orchestra based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.Emil Oberhoffer founded the orchestra as the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra in 1903, and it gave its first performance on November 5 of that year. In 1968 the orchestra changed to its name to the Minnesota Orchestra...
, NHK Symphony Orchestra
NHK Symphony Orchestra
The in Tokyo, Japan began as the New Symphony Orchestra on October 5, 1926 and was the country's first professional symphony orchestra. Later, it changed its name to Japan Symphony Orchestra and in 1951, after receiving financial support from NHK, it took its current name...
, State Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Russian Federation
State Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Russian Federation
The State Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Russian Federation is a Russian orchestra based in Moscow...
, Mariinsky Theatre
Mariinsky Theatre
The Mariinsky Theatre is a historic theatre of opera and ballet in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Opened in 1860, it became the preeminent music theatre of late 19th century Russia, where many of the stage masterpieces of Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, and Rimsky-Korsakov received their premieres. The...
Orchestra, Omsk
Omsk
-History:The wooden fort of Omsk was erected in 1716 to protect the expanding Russian frontier along the Ishim and the Irtysh rivers against the Kyrgyz nomads of the Steppes...
Academy Symphony Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, in German Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks is the internationally renowned orchestra of the Bayerischer Rundfunk , based in Munich, Germany. It is one of the three principal orchestras in the city of Munich, along with the Munich Philharmonic...
, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
The Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France is a French radio orchestra providing music for Radio France. It specializes in contemporary music and was founded in 1937.- Names of the orchestra :*Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France...
, Gulbenkian Orchestra
Gulbenkian Orchestra
The Gulbenkian Orchestra is a Portuguese symphony orchestra based in Lisbon. The orchestra primarily gives concerts at the Grande Auditório of the Gulbenkian Foundation....
, and Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra
Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra
The Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra , also known as the Tivoli Symphony Orchestra, is a symphony orchestra which both serves as Danish Regional Orchestra for the island of Zealand and, for the summer season while the Tivoli Gardens are open, as resident orchestra in the Tivoli Concert...
.
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
Allan Kozinn
-Biography:He received bachelor's degrees in music and journalism from Syracuse University in 1976. He began freelancing as a critic and music feature writer for the New York Times in 1977, and joined the paper's staff in 1991...
on 24 October 2000.
In 2001, Sato became the youngest artist performed Beethoven's violin concert at the Beethoven Festival in Bonn
Bonn
Bonn is the 19th largest city in Germany. Located in the Cologne/Bonn Region, about 25 kilometres south of Cologne on the river Rhine in the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, it was the capital of West Germany from 1949 to 1990 and the official seat of government of united Germany from 1990 to 1999....
, Germany, which was broadcast through Deutsche Welle
Deutsche Welle
Deutsche Welle or DW, is Germany's international broadcaster. The service is aimed at the overseas market. It broadcasts news and information on shortwave, Internet and satellite radio on 98.7 DZFE in 30 languages . It has a satellite television service , that is available in four languages, and...
.
He was a recipient of loan by Nippon Music Foundation
Nippon Music Foundation
The Nippon Music Foundation is an organisation under the supervision of the Arts and Culture Promotion Division, Agency for Cultural Affairs a special body of the Japanese Ministry of Education...
, a winner of Idemitzu Music Prize in 2005 sponsored by Idemitsu Kosan
Idemitsu Kosan
is a Japanese petroleum company. It owns and operates oil platforms, refineries and produces and sells petroleum, oils and petrochemical products products....
, one of leading oil companies in Japan.
In 2007, as a violist, Sato recorded viola solo sonatas written for Sato by Akira Nishimura
Akira Nishimura
is a Japanese composer.Nishimura studied composition and musical theory on a graduate course at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. He also studied Asiatic traditional music, religion, aesthetics, cosmology and the heterophonic concepts, all of which had a lasting influence on his...
for Camerata Tokyo.
He was educated by Chin Kim
Chin kim
Chin Kim is a Korean-born American classical violinist, largely educated in the United States through the Juilliard School, and the Curtis Institute of Music.-Activities:...
, Dorothy DeLay
Dorothy DeLay
Dorothy DeLay was an American violin instructor, primarily at the Juilliard School.She was born in Medicine Lodge, Kansas.-Career and education:...
and Masao Kawasaki at the Juilliard School
Juilliard School
The Juilliard School, located at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City, United States, is a performing arts conservatory which was established in 1905...
, Jaime Laredo
Jaime Laredo
Jaime Laredo is a violinist and conductor. Currently the conductor and Music Director of the Vermont Symphony Orchestra, he began his musical career when he was five years old. In 1948 he came to North America and took lessons from Antonio DeGrass...
at the Curtis Institute, Gérard Poulet at Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris
École Normale de Musique de Paris
The École Normale de Musique de Paris is a leading conservatoire located in Paris, France. The school was founded by Auguste Mangeot and pianist Alfred Cortot in 1919...
, Mary Utiger at Hochschule fur Musik und Theater Munchen
Hochschule für Musik und Theater München
The Hochschule für Musik und Theater München is one of the most respected traditional vocational universities in Germany specialising in music and the performing arts. The seat of the Hochschule is the former Führerbau of the NSDAP, located at Arcisstraße 12, on the eastern side of the Königsplatz...
.
As a baroque violinist, he won the Second Prize and the Audience Award at the 17th International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition
International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition
The International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition is a music competition in Leipzig, Germany, held by the Bach-Archiv Leipzig. It was founded in 1950 and was held every four years from 1964 to 1996 with five subjects and is now held every two years with three changing subjects...
in Leipzig, Germany in July, 2010.
The Agency for Cultural Affairs of Japan has chosen 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 29 Oct, 2010.
In 2011 October, Sato made a UK debut in Cambridge and London with the Academy of Ancient Music
Academy of Ancient Music
The Academy of Ancient Music is a period-instrument orchestra based in Cambridge, England. Founded by harpsichordist Christopher Hogwood in 1973, it was named after a previous organisation of the same name of the 18th century. The musicians play on either original instruments or modern copies of...
under direction of Richard Egarr
Richard Egarr
Richard Egarr is a British keyboard performer and conductor. He received his musical training as a choirboy at York Minster, at Chetham's School of Music in Manchester, and as organ scholar at Clare College, Cambridge...
, performing Niccolò Paganini
Niccolò Paganini
Niccolò Paganini was an Italian violinist, violist, guitarist, and composer. He was one of the most celebrated violin virtuosi of his time, and left his mark as one of the pillars of modern violin technique...
's Violin Concerto No. 2 with gut strings on a period instrument.
Discography
Sato has released following CDs.- 2005 Eugène YsaÿeEugène YsaÿeEugène Ysaÿe was a Belgian violinist, composer and conductor born in Liège. He was regarded as "The King of the Violin", or, as Nathan Milstein put it, the "tzar"...
: Six Sonatas for Solo Violin (Label: Live Notes)
Recorded: August 2004/Released: January 2005
Daily Yomiuri: The Best New CD Of The Month (February 2005)
Asahi Shimbun: The Critics' Recommendation (February 2005)
Mainichi Daily News: The Critics' Choice (February 2005)
- Sonata in G minor op.27 no.1
- Sonata in A minor op.27 no.2
- Sonata in D minor "Ballade" op.27 no.3
- Sonata in E minor op.27 no.4
- Sonata in G major op.27 no.5
- Sonata in E major op.27 no.6
- 2006 Preludes: Favorite Miniatures (Label: Live Notes)
Recorded: November 2005/Released: March 2006
(composer: see below/ piano: Takashi Sato)
- George GershwinGeorge GershwinGeorge Gershwin was an American composer and pianist. Gershwin's compositions spanned both popular and classical genres, and his most popular melodies are widely known...
～Heifetz：Three Preludes - Lili BoulangerLili BoulangerLili Boulanger was a French composer, the younger sister of the noted composer and composition teacher Nadia Boulanger.-Early years:A Parisian-born child prodigy, who was good at piano...
：: Nocturne - Victor HerbertVictor HerbertVictor August Herbert was an Irish-born, German-raised American composer, cellist and conductor. Although Herbert enjoyed important careers as a cello soloist and conductor, he is best known for composing many successful operettas that premiered on Broadway from the 1890s to World War I...
：・À la Valse - Piotr Tchaikovsky～Auer：Lensky's Aria
- Percy GraingerPercy GraingerGeorge Percy Aldridge Grainger , known as Percy Grainger, was an Australian-born composer, arranger and pianist. In the course of a long and innovative career he played a prominent role in the revival of interest in British folk music in the early years of the 20th century. He also made many...
～Kreisler：Molly on the Shore - Antonín DvořákAntonín DvorákAntonín Leopold Dvořák was a Czech composer of late Romantic music, who employed the idioms of the folk music of Moravia and his native Bohemia. Dvořák’s own style is sometimes called "romantic-classicist synthesis". His works include symphonic, choral and chamber music, concerti, operas and many...
～Kreisler：Songs My Mother Taught Me - Alfredo D'Ambrosio～Elman：Serenade
- Manuel Ponce～Heifetz：Estrellita
- Jacques IbertJacques IbertJacques François Antoine Ibert was a French composer. Having studied music from an early age, he studied at the Paris Conservatoire and won its top prize, the Prix de Rome at his first attempt, despite studies interrupted by his service in World War I.Ibert pursued a successful composing career,...
～Heifetz：Le petit âne blanc - Robert SchumannRobert SchumannRobert Schumann, sometimes known as Robert Alexander Schumann, was a German composer, aesthete and influential music critic. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most representative composers of the Romantic era....
～Milstein：Abendlied - Cecile ChaminadeCécile ChaminadeCécile Louise Stéphanie Chaminade was a French composer and pianist.-Biography:Born in Paris, she studied at first with her mother, then with Félix Le Couppey, Marie Gabriel Augustin Savard, Martin Pierre Marsick and Benjamin Godard, but not officially, since her father disapproved of her musical...
～Kreisler：Sérénade espagnole - Moritz MoszkowskiMoritz MoszkowskiMoritz Moszkowski was a German Jewish composer, pianist, and teacher of Polish descent. Ignacy Paderewski said, "After Chopin, Moszkowski best understands how to write for the piano"...
～Sarasate：Guitarre - Nikolai Rimsky-KorsakovNikolai Rimsky-KorsakovNikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov was a Russian composer, and a member of the group of composers known as The Five.The Five, also known as The Mighty Handful or The Mighty Coterie, refers to a circle of composers who met in Saint Petersburg, Russia, in the years 1856–1870: Mily Balakirev , César...
～Kreisler：Chanson arabe - Felix Winternitz～Kreisler：Dance of the Marionette
- Claude DebussyClaude DebussyClaude-Achille Debussy was a French composer. Along with Maurice Ravel, he was one of the most prominent figures working within the field of impressionist music, though he himself intensely disliked the term when applied to his compositions...
～Roque：La plus que lente - Henryk WieniawskiHenryk WieniawskiHenryk Wieniawski was a Polish violinist and composer.-Biography:Henryk Wieniawski was born in Lublin, Congress Poland, Russian Empire. His father, Tobiasz Pietruszka, had converted to Catholicism. His talent for playing the violin was recognized early, and in 1843 he entered the Paris...
～Kreisler：Caprice in E-flat - Henryk WieniawskiHenryk WieniawskiHenryk Wieniawski was a Polish violinist and composer.-Biography:Henryk Wieniawski was born in Lublin, Congress Poland, Russian Empire. His father, Tobiasz Pietruszka, had converted to Catholicism. His talent for playing the violin was recognized early, and in 1843 he entered the Paris...
；Polonaise Brillante
- 2007 Edvard Grieg: Complete Sonatas for Violin and Piano (Label: Live Notes)
Recorded: June 2007/Released: October 2007
Grand Prize awarded by the Agency for Cultural Affairs (Government of Japan), 62nd National Arts Festival 2007
- Contents(composer:Edvard GriegEdvard GriegEdvard Hagerup Grieg was a Norwegian composer and pianist. He is best known for his Piano Concerto in A minor, for his incidental music to Henrik Ibsen's play Peer Gynt , and for his collection of piano miniatures Lyric Pieces.-Biography:Edvard Hagerup Grieg was born in...
/ piano：Takashi Sato)- Sonata no.1 in F major, op.8
- Sonata no.2 in G major, op.13
- Sonata no.3 in C minor, op.45
- 2008 Shunske Sato Plays: Violin and Viola Solo Sonatas by Akira Nishimura (Label: Camerata)
Recorded: March 2007 /Released: March 2008
Contents: (composer:Akira Nishimura
Akira Nishimura
is a Japanese composer.Nishimura studied composition and musical theory on a graduate course at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. He also studied Asiatic traditional music, religion, aesthetics, cosmology and the heterophonic concepts, all of which had a lasting influence on his...
)
- Sonata No. 1 for violin ('Incantation') (2005)
- Sonata No. 2 for violin ('Trance Medium')(2005)
- Sonata No. 3 for violin ('Characters of flame')(2007)
- Monologue for solo violin (1995)
- Sonata No. 1 for viola ('Whirl dance') (2005)
- Sonata No. 2 for viola ('Mantra on the C string')(2007)
- Fantasia on 'Song of the Birds', for viola (2005)
- Threnody, for viola (1999)
- 2009 Nicolò Paganini: 24 Caprices, op.1 (world premiere recording on period instrument)
(Label: UCJ Japan)
Recorded: January 2009/Released: April 2009
Daily Yomiuri: The Best New CD Of The Month (May 2009)
Mainichi Daily News: The Critics' Choice (May 2009)
Contents(composer: Nicolo Paganini：24 Caprices Op.1)
- Caprice no.1 in E major
- Caprice no.2 in B minor
- Caprice no.3 in E minor
- Caprice no.4 in C minor
- Caprice no.5 in A minor
- Caprice no.6 in G minor
- Caprice no.7 in A minor
- Caprice no.8 in Eb major
- Caprice no.9 in E major
- Caprice no.10 in G minor
- Caprice no.11 in C major
- Caprice no.12 in Ab major
- Caprice no.13 in Bb major
- Caprice no.14 in Eb major
- Caprice no.15 in E minor
- Caprice no.16 in G minor
- Caprice no.17 in Eb major
- Caprice no.18 in C major
- Caprice no.19 in Eb major
- Caprice no.20 in D major
- Caprice no.21 in A major
- Caprice no.22 in F major
- Caprice no.23 in Eb major
- Caprice no.24 in A minor
- 2011 Joseph HaydnJoseph HaydnFranz Joseph Haydn , known as Joseph Haydn , was an Austrian composer, one of the most prolific and prominent composers of the Classical period. He is often called the "Father of the Symphony" and "Father of the String Quartet" because of his important contributions to these forms...
：『Oxford』、Violin Concerto No.1、Ludwig van BeethovenLudwig van BeethovenLudwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music, he remains one of the most famous and influential composers of all time.Born in Bonn, then the capital of the Electorate of Cologne and part of...
：Symphony No.2 Hidemi Suzuki＆Orchestra Libera Classica、Shunske Sato(Label:Arte Dell'arco Japan)
Concert Live Recorded: October 24, 2010 / Released: May 26, 2011
Daily Yomiuri: The Recommended New CD Of The Month (June 2011)
Contents:
- Haydn：Violin Concerto No.1 in C Major Hob.VIIa:1
- Haydn：Symphony No.92 in G Major Hob.I:92『Oxford』
- Beethoven：Symphony No.2 in D Major op.36
External links
- Shunske Sato Official website
- profile at Universal Music Japan
- biography at The Violin Site : Resource for Violinists
- biography at KAJIMOTO
- biography at Musicaglotz
- The World Violinist Links See under S
- 2010 Ditto Festival (Korea) for beginners of classical music Korean-Drama Guide 22 June 2010
- Nicolò Paganini Discography (UK) compiled by Peter Snedden see April 2009
- Corelli Violin Sonata with Shunske Sato and Richard Egarr (UK) complied by the Academy of Ancient Music 2011
- Shunske Sato on Paganini (UK) complied by the Academy of Ancient Music 2011