Tomoki Sakata
Tomoki Sakata ( Japanese 阪田 知 樹 Sakata Tomoki ; born 1993 in Nagoya , Aichi Prefecture ) is a Japanese pianist .
Life
Sakata began playing the piano at the age of five. At the age of 16 he received private lessons from Paul Badura-Skoda . He studied at the Tokyo Music Academy for two years . In 2011 he was accepted as the youngest student at the Lake Como International Piano Academy. He also studied with Arie Vardi at the University of Music and Drama in Hannover .
In 2013 he was one of the six finalists at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition . In 2016 he won first prize and six special prizes at the “Franz Liszt International Piano Competition” in Budapest. Sakata has played in concert halls such as the Leipzig Gewandhaus , the Hamburg Elbphilharmonie and the Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall and has appeared at numerous festivals, including the Verbier Festival (Switzerland), the Janáčkův Máj music festival in Ostrava (Czech Republic) and the Brussels Piano Festival (Belgium) and the “Musical Kremlin” festival (Russia).
Awards
- In 2018 he received the audience award at the International German Pianist Award .
- In 2019 he won the first prize and the audience award at the Kissinger Piano Olympics .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b ピ ア ニ ス ト 阪田 知 樹 . ピ ア ノ ハ ウ ス ジ ャ パ ン , 2012, accessed October 9, 2019 (Japanese).
- ↑ 阪田 知 樹 Sakata, Tomoki. In: PTNA Piano Encyclopaedia. PianoTeachers' National Association of Japan, accessed October 9, 2019 (Japanese).
- ↑ 阪田 知 樹 ピ ア ノ (Tomoki Sakata, Piano) バ イ オ グ ラ フ ィ ー . In: Japan Arts. Retrieved October 9, 2019 (Japanese).
- ↑ Competition of nimble fingers . Saale-Zeitung , October 1, 2019
- ^ Hans H. Suh wins German Pianist Prize , Frankfurter Allgemeine , April 9, 2018
- ↑ Japanese wins Kissinger Piano Olympics , Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR 24), October 7, 2019
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sakata, Tomoki |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 阪田 知 樹 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese pianist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1993 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nagoya |