Biography
Highlights during the 2011/12 season include performances with Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen (with Paavo Järvi) and the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra (with Kazushi Ono). She will also tour Japan with both the Sydney Symphony (with Vladimir Ashkenazy) and the St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra (with Yuri Temirkanov).
Last season included concerts with the Sydney Symphony, a return to the Philharmonia Orchestra with Susanna Mälkki conducting, and performances with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Myung-Whun Chung. She also completed a successful recital tour of Japan with Gianluca Cascioli.
Sayaka appears regularly as a recitalist and chamber musician alongside Vadim Repin, Lang Lang, Steven Isserlis and Yefim Bronfman, at festivals such as Verbier, La Folle Journée and Schleswig-Holstein. Sayaka Shoji records for Deutsche Grammophon and Mirare.
Reviews
“The sound the tiny violinist drew from her priceless instrument was so ravishing and well-crafted as to put many a violinist performing today in the shade. She demonstrated the daunting technique that helped her win first prize in the prestigious International Paganini Competition at the age of 16 (the first Japanese and youngest violinist to do so). However, her technical arsenal was totally allied to the needs of the music, as in the way she brought out lines in her double stops and negotiated smooth, perfect octaves.” (Music in Cincinnati, October 2009)
“Technically secure and thrillingly passionate.” (The Guardian, February 2008)
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HarrisonParrott artists at La Folle Journée
Sayaka Shoji steps in at short notice with Danish National Symphony Orchestra
Sayaka Shoji performs in Verbier Festival
Sydney Symphony complete acclaimed tour of Japan and Korea
Sayaka Shoji begins her tour of Japan with St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
Sayaka Shoji performs with Paavo Järvi and Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen
Sayaka Shoji performs in 'Hope Japan' for Red Cross France
Sayaka Shoji appears at La Folle Journée Nantes Festival broadcast live on ARTE
Sayaka Shoji begins recital tour of Japan with Gianluca Cascioli
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