Satoki Nagaoka Violin Recital 2025

They met and studied together in the Bach Cantata Club of Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, a traditional performance group.
Both studied under the tutelage of Michio Kobayashi and entered the graduate school of the same university, where they continued their careers as performers and teachers.
Now, they are active in a wide variety of fields both in Japan and abroad, and continue to have a deep inquisitiveness and passion for music.
Their performances are so free-spirited and graceful that they could be described as improvisational.
Satoki Nagaoka will perform his specialty, unaccompanied works by Bach and other composers, as well as masterpieces and secret pieces for duet with the virtuoso Atsushi Yoshida.

Satoki NAGAOKA, Violin
Satoki NAGAOKA studied at the high school attached to the Faculty of Music of Tokyo University of the Arts, the same university, and the master's course of the same university, and completed the doctoral course of the chamber music department. D. in Music. As a violinist and chamber musician, he has given four recitals in Taiwan at the National Concert Hall and other venues, and has been invited to perform at music festivals in Italy, France, Korea, Algeria, and other countries. In addition to participating in numerous performances as concertmaster of the Yokohama Sinfonietta, he has also served as guest concertmaster of the Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra, the Gunma Symphony Orchestra, and others. In recent years, he has been active as a conductor, appearing with the Hokkaido Symphony Orchestra and several other orchestras. He has been a part-time lecturer at the Department of Chamber Music, Tokyo University of the Arts, and a professor of music culture at Hokkaido University of Education, Iwamizawa.

Atsushi YOSHIDA, Viola
Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts, Faculty of Music, Department of Music, and completed the master's course in chamber music at the same university, majoring in viola. He has been a guest principal viola player in many Japanese orchestras. As a member of the Tokyo Sinfonietta, she received the Keizo Saji Prize and the Special Prize of the Japan Music Competition Committee. As a member of the Arnima Quartet, he received the Green Wind Music Award. He also performs extensively in his own unit where he plays the violin. As a leading tango violinist in Japan, he is active in major tango bands in Japan, including Machiko Komatsu & Tango Crystal and Koji Kyotani Trio. He has also performed and recorded in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is a lecturer at the Tokyo University of the Arts, Department of Orchestral Music and Chamber Music, and Principal Viola of the Philharmonia Orchestra of the University of the Arts.