Shunsuke Sato (佐藤 俊介, Satō Shunsuke, born 10 June 1984 in Tokyo) is a Japanese-born, classical and baroque violinist. He is the concertmaster and artistic director of the Netherlands Bach Society.[1]
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Background information | |
Born | (1984-06-10) 10 June 1984 (age 38) Tokyo, Japan |
Genres | Classical music |
Occupation(s) | Violinist |
Instrument(s) | Violin |
Sato started his concert career in the United States at age 12, by winning the Young Concert Artists first prize in 1997,[2] performing throughout North America, Europe, and Japan as a soloist with orchestras such as Baltimore Symphony, Seattle Symphony,[3] 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,[4] Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France, Gulbenkian Orchestra, and Copenhagen Philharmonic.
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.[5]
In 2001, Sato became the youngest artist[failed verification] to perform Beethoven's violin concerto at the Beethoven Festival in Bonn, Germany, which was broadcast through Deutsche Welle.[6]
He was the recipient of a loan by Nippon Music Foundation[7] and a winner of Idemitsu Music Award 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.[8]
Sato was mentored by Chin Kim, Dorothy DeLay[9] and trained and educated by Masao Kawasaki at the Juilliard School, Jaime Laredo at the Curtis Institute, Gérard Poulet at the École Normale de Musique de Paris, Mary Utiger at Hochschule für Musik und Theater München.
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.[10][11] 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 29 October 2010.[12]
In October 2011, Sato made his UK debut in Cambridge and London with the Academy of Ancient Music under the direction of Richard Egarr, performing Niccolò Paganini's Violin Concerto No. 2 with gut strings on a period instrument.[13] Two years later, in December 2013, Sato performed duo recitals of Mozart's sonatas at the Izumi Hall in Osaka[14] and the Toppan Hall in Tokyo, Japan[15] along with German pianist and harpsichordist Andreas Staier.
In January 2013, Sato was appointed concertmaster of the Netherlands Bach Society Orchestra, succeeding Johannes Leertouwer,[16] as well as of the Concerto Köln.[17] That same month, Sato also received a baroque violin made by Giovanni Grancino around 1695 - on loan from the Jumpstart Jr. Foundation in Amsterdam, Netherlands.[18]
About ten months later, in November 2013, the Amsterdam School of the Arts announced their appointment of Sato as a guest teacher to the Early Music Department.[19]
In August 2015, Sato made his Canadian debut in Montreal with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Kent Nagano, performing Johann Sebastian Bach's Violin Concerto No.1 with a period instrument.[20] 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, performance by Concerto Köln of Antonio Vivaldi's The Four Seasons was recorded live in Kempen, Germany, with Sato as a soloist, and was released by Berlin Classics.[21]
In September 2016, Sato made his Australian debut in Sydney and Melbourne with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra under direction of Paul Dyer, performing Niccolò Paganini's Violin Concerto No. 4, playing 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, and in February 2017 it was released in CD from ABC Classics.[22]
On 11 May 2017, Sato was appointed the 6th artistic director of the Netherlands Bach Society (Nederlandse Bachvereniging) beginning on 1 June 2018, succeeding Jos van Veldhoven.[23]
On 16 April 2019, Sato received the 31st Music Award in Classical Music/Solo Performance by the Japan Music Pen Club.[24]
From 28 September to 6 October 2019, as the 6th artistic director of the Netherlands Bach Society, Sato led a concert tour with the ensemble in Kyoto, Kanagawa, Hiroshima, and Tokyo Japan.[25]
On 1 January 2020, Mainichi Shimbun published the 61st Arts Awards recipients, including Sato, based on his leadership of The Netherlands Bach Society's Japan tour and his J. S. Bach unaccompanied Sonatas and Partitas recitals in Tokyo, Kyoto, Yokohama, Saitama, Hiroshima.[26][27]
In January 2020, the Record Geijutsu Journal awarded Sato the 57th Record Academy Award Silver Prize, the highest prize as soloist, highly evaluating his unaccompanied solo works by J. S. Bach (J.S. Bach:Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin from ACOUSTIC REVIVE).[28]
On 4 Mar 2020, Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs announced the 76th Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Awards in Arts, which recognized Sato as a recipient of the Newcomer Award in Arts.[29]
On 11 December 2020, Sato officially debuted as a conductor at the AVRO TV live televised concert of The Netherlands Bach Society at TivoliVredenburg in Utrecht, Netherlands.[30]
On 20 December 2020, Sato's disk "12 Fantasias for Solo Violin (Telemann)" was reissued. The first and the limited edition was published on 31 July 2012.[31]
Sato has released the following CDs.
* 2005 Eugène Ysaÿe: 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)
* March 2006 Preludes: Favorite Miniatures (Label: Live Notes)
Recorded: November 2005/Released: March 2006
(composer: see below/ piano: Takashi Sato)
* October 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 [32]
Contents(composer:Edvard Grieg/ piano:Takashi Sato)
* March 2008 Shunske Sato Plays: Violin and Viola Solo Sonatas by Akira Nishimura (Label: Camerata)
Recorded: March 2007 /Released: March 2008
Contents: (composer:Akira Nishimura)
* April 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)
CD Journal:The Choice of the mouth(May 2009)
Record Geijutsu: The best album of the month(June 2009)
Early Music America Magazine (Volume 17, Number 4, Winter 2011): IN CONCLUSION Hats Off, Gentle People! Is the Revolution Over? (by Anthony Martin)
Contents(composer: Nicolo Paganini:24 Caprices Op.1)
* 26 May 2011 Joseph Haydn:『Oxford』、Violin Concerto No.1、Ludwig van Beethoven:Symphony No.2 Hidemi Suzuki&Orchestra Libera Classica、Shunske Sato (Label:Arte Dell'arco Japan)
Concert Live Recorded: 24 October 2010 / Released: 26 May 2011
Daily Yomiuri: The Recommended New CD of the Month (June 2011)
Contents:
* 31 July 2012 Georg Philipp Telemann: 12 Fantasias for Violin without Bass (Label: Live Notes)
The Record Geijutsu: The Editor's Choice (Oct 2012)
The Ongakuno Tomo: The Best New Cd of the Month (Sep 2012)
Recorded: December 2011/Released: 31 July 2012
Daily Yomiuri: The Best New CD of the Month (Aug 2012)
Asahi Shimbun : The Critics' Recommendation (Aug 2012)
CD Journal: Editor's Choice (Sep 2012)
Contents(composer: Georg Philipp Telemann:12 Fantasias for Violin without Bass)
* 20 October 2014 Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven: Haydn Symphony No. 67, Mozart Violin Concerto No.1, Beethoven Symphony No.4 Hidemi Suzuki&Orchestra Libera Classica、Shunske Sato (Label:Arte Dell'arco Japan)
Contents:
* 18 November 2016 Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons Concerto Köln & Shunske Sato (Berlin Classics Germany)
The Best Classical Music Album of the year by Deutschlandradio[33]
The Best Classical Album of the year by Junge Weld[34]
Contents:
* 3 February 2017 The Romantics - Grieg | Mendelssohn | Paganini Australian Brandenburg Orchestra & Shunske Sato (Label:ABC Classics Australia)
Contents:
* 26 October 2018 Bach: Violin Concertos Shunske Sato, Il Pomo d'Oro (orchestra), Zefira Valova (Label:Rhino Warner Classics)
The Record Geijutsu: The Editor's Choice The best album of the month (Dec 2018)
Gramophone: Editor's Choice (Jan 2019)[35][36]
Contents:
* 7 May 2019 Étienne Méhul, Ludwig van Beethoven, Joseph Haydn: Méhul Opera "Stratonice" Overture, Beethoven Violin Concerto, Haydn Symphony No.94 Hob.I:94 "Surprise" Hidemi Suzuki&Orchestra Libera Classica、Shunske Sato (Label:Arte Dell'arco Japan)
Contents:
The Record Geijutsu: The Editor's Choice (Aug 2019)
The Asahi Shimbun : The Critics' Recommendation (Jul 2019)[37]
* 1 Aug 2019 Johann Sebastian Bach: J.S.Bach: Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin / Shunsuke Sato (Label: ACOUSTIC REVIVE)
Recorded: 1–4 May, 31, 2 June 2017/Released: 1 August 2019
Contents(composer: Johann Sebastian Bach:Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin
The Record Geijutsu: The Editor's Choice The best album of the month (Nov 2019)
The Ongakuno Tomo: The Best New Cd of the Month (Nov 2012)
Asahi Shimbun: For Your Collection Classic The Best Disc (17 October 2019)[38]
Daily Yomiuri: The Best New CD of the Month (17 October 2019)[39]
CD Journal: The Choice of the Month (27 August 2019)[40]
* 28 August 2020, Concertos 4 Violins Concerto Köln, Shunske Sato, Mayumi Hirasaki, Evgeny Sviridov, Jesús Merino-Ruiz. (Label:Berlin Classics Germany)
Contents
* 20 December 2020 Georg Philipp Telemann: 12 Fantasias for Violin without Bass (Reissued Edition Label:Live Notes Japan)
Contents(composer: Georg Philipp Telemann:12 Fantasias for Violin without Bass)
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