Haruma SATO

Born in Nagoya, Japan, in 1998.

In 2019, he became the first Japanese to win the first prize (violoncello) at the ARD International Music Competition Munich, and in 2018, he won the first prize and a special prize at the Witold Lutosławski International Cello Competition. He has received numerous awards, including the first prize in the cello division of the 83rd Music Competition of Japan.

He has performed with Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and other major orchestras in Japan and abroad, and has received favorable reviews for his recitals and chamber music.

In 2018, he appeared at the "Chopin and His Europe" International Music Festival in Warsaw. In November 2020, his debut album "The Senses" was released from Deutsche Grammophon. In 2023, he released his third CD "Mendelssohn Works ~ Auf Flügeln des Gesänges".

He studied under Ryoichi Hayashi, Nobuko Yamazaki, and Kenji Nakagi. He received the 18th Hideo Saito Music Award, the 30th Idemitsu Music Award and the 32th Nippon Steel Music Award.

He is the 52nd scholarship recipient of the Ezoe Memorial Recruit Foundation.

He is currently studying under J. P. Maintz at the Berlin University of the Arts.

He is playing a 1903 Enrico Rocca cello generously loaned by the Munetsugu Collection.