Shunske Sato

A master of both modern and Baroque violins and a prominent conductor in historically informed performances, Shunske Sato has won recognition for his concerts and recordings of Bach, Vivaldi, and Telemann, as well as standard Classical and Romantic concerto repertoire. Born in 1984 in Tokyo, Sato started lessons on the violin at age 2, and by 4 he was a student of Chin Kim. He made his debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra when he was 10, and launched his career by winning the first prize in the Young Concert Artists competition in 1997, when he was 12. Sato competed at the 17...