Violin
Sho Akamatsu
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Was born in Osaka (Japan) in 1986. At the age of fifteen, he received a Japanese government scholarship to study violin in Vienna, in the class of renowned violin pedagogue Prof. Leonid Sorokov.
Masterclass 125 € (244,48 KM)
- InstrumentViolin
- Language
English - CountryJapan
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- Price125 € (244,48 KM)
Soloist, concertmaster & chamber musician
Sho is a permanent soloist and concertmaster of the costumed musical-stage spectacle “Mozart in the Garden”. As concertmaster, he led the Zagreb Festival Orchestra and the Mostar Symphony Orchestra.
With the Zagreb Soloists he released a CD of works by Croatian composer Boris Papandopulo. He is a permanent member and co-founder of Trio 1887, and since 2020 a member and co-founder of the violin duo SHIVA BEYOND SOUND.
Awards
- 1996Winner — International violin competition “Kumagusu”, Wakayama (Japan)
- 1998Winner — String competition, Osaka (Japan)
- 20041st Prize — “Alpe-Adria A & V. Marcosig” international competition, Gorizia (Italy)
- 1st PrizeCroatian national competition, Varaždin
- 20072nd Prize, senior category — International Competition, Novosibirsk (Russia)
- 20122nd Prize (1st not awarded) — “Stefanie Hohl” competition, Vienna (Austria)
- 20132nd Prize — Croatian Youth Artists Competition “Papandopulo”
- 2nd Prize10th International Violin Competition “Vaclav Huml”
- 20151st Prize, chamber ensembles, with Trio 1887 — International Competition “Papandopulo”
Performed as a soloist with
He often performs in Croatia and abroad, including festivals across Croatia and Europe with Trio 1887.
Gallery
Sho Akamatsu at work
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