Sachiko Kato

Recently featured in the Juilliard centenary publication, “Dance Drama Music: 100 Years of the Juilliard School,” as one of the 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 soloist and chamber musician throughout the United States and Japan even since a debut recital at Carnegie Weill Hall in 1994. She has been also heard at the Lincoln Center 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, Arcady Music Festival in Maine, among others. Her pianism has been feature-broadcasted by KMZT FM and WKCR FM. Her performances have won such critical acclaim as: “Kato plays with finesse and a lovely, delicate touch,” and brings “interpretive clarity” with “impressively crisp fingerwork and consistent energy.” (New York Concert Review)

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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