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Recently featured in the Juilliard centenary
publication, "Dance Drama Music: 100 Years of the Juilliard
School," as one of 100 outstanding alumni, pianist Sachiko
Kato has enchanted audiences all over the United States with
her beautiful sonorous sound in a wide range of repertoire.
A winner of the Frinna Awerbuch International Piano Competition
and the Pro-Piano Recital Series Audition, Ms. Kato has performed
extensively both as a soloist and chamber musician throughout
the United States and Japan ever since making her debut at
Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall in 1994. She has
been heard at the Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall and Performing
Arts Library, Steinway Hall in New York, the Los Angeles
County Museum, Norris Theater of Performing Arts in Los Angeles,
and Old First Church and Crocker Art Museum in San Francisco,
LiveArts in Massachusetts, and the Arcady Music Festival
in Maine. Critics have claimed that "Ms. Kato
plays with finesse and a lovely, delicate touch," and
brings "interpretive clarity" with "impressively
crisp fingerwork and consistent energy." (New York Concert
Review) She is also the Founder and Artistic Director
of Weaving Japanese Sounds, a contemporary Japanese music
project, which has been garnering critical acclaim and passionate
followers.
A native of Osaka, Japan, Ms. Kato grew up in Los Angeles,
California where she started to gain recognition as a promising
artist at an early age. She made a debut performance
with the Brentwood Symphony Orchestra at age 15. After
receiving her Bachelor of Music from California State University
Northridge, she received a scholarship to enter The Juilliard
School for her Master of Music degree. Among her teachers
are world-renowned pianists Russell Sherman and Jerome Lowenthal. |
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