Masahiro Saitoh
Profile
Masahiro SAITOH, a renowned and brilliant pianist, is one of the most outstanding Japanese artists of his generation. After graduating from the Tokyo University of Fine Arts & Music, he studied under H. Czerny-Stefanska in Krakow, Poland.In 1977, he was awarded first prize at the Japan Music Competition and received awards in 1980 and 1985. He was invited as a soloist to the International Music Festival in Kiev, Ukraine in 1995.
He has performed with major orchestras in Japan, the KBS Symphony Orchestra in Korea and the chamber orchestra, Pro-Arte Munchen. His chamber music credits include performing with Josef Suk, Peter Schumidl, Wenzel Fuchs, Ernst Ottensamer, Jouko Harjanne, Erich Binder, Xue Wei, Michaela Fukacova, Halina Czerny-Stefanska & Elzbieta Stefanska, the Via-Nova Quartet, Janacek Quartet, New Budapest String Quartet, Salzburger Oktett, the German Strings Trio, the members of the Orchestle National de l'ORTF and the members of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, which are all highly acclaimed.
A great deal of his work includes concerts with distinguished singers, such as Lucia Aliberti, Francisco Araiza, Ritva Auvinen, Bodil Arnesen, Hans Peter Blochwitz, Gwendolyn Bradley, Denyce Graves, Taro Ichihara, Tamar Javakhishvili, Vincenzo La Scola, Lajos Miller, Thomas Mohl, Camilla Nylund, Laszlo Polgar, Juan Pons, Roger Roloff, Charlotte de Rothschild, Shinobu Sato, Chieko Sirasaka, Ilona Tokody, Frederick Urrey, Tom Krause, Simon Estes and others. He enjoys an established reputation as one of Japan's best pianists.
Since 1994, he has directed master classes at the Osaka Music University and he is also a regular perfomer on NHK TV.
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| Date | October 6, 2013 (Sun) 15:00 |
| Venue | Suginami Koukaidou |
| Project Piano Part V [Performer] Masahiro Saitoh (Piano) Takashi Yamamoto (Piano) Shohei Sekimoto (Piano) [Program] TBA [Price] S￥5,000 A￥4,000 B￥3,000 On sale starting May 11, 2013 (Sat) [Information] Suginami Koukaidou 03-5347-4450 |
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| Date | October 5,2012（Fri）19：00 |
| Venue | Suginami Koukaido |
| PIANO SANJUBIKI！ Part IV [Performer] Masahiro Saito（Piano） Les Freres（Piano Duo） [Price] S\5,000 A\4,000 B\3,000 [Information] Suginami Kokaido Ticket Center 03-5347-4450 |
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| Date | May 20,2012（Sun）15：00 |
| Venue | Hibiki hall |
| PIANO SANJUBIKI！ [Performer] Masahiro Saito（Piano） Yuko Mifune（Piano） Mari Kumamoto（Piano） [Program] A.Piazzolla：Libertango etc. [Price] \3,500 Student\2,000 [Information] Kitakyushu City Foundation for Promoting Arts and Culture 093-663-6661 |
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| Venue | Niigata Prefectural Civic Center |
| Programs: M.Falla：Danza ritual del fuego F.Chopin：Nocturne No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 9, No. 2 F.Chopin：Scherzo No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 31 Price: Admission free Info&Ticket: Niigata-ken Center for Local Autonomy +81-25-280-5139 |
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| Date | Sun/6/March/2011 14:00 |
| Venue | Mitsuke Arts hall Arcadia |
| Fuminori Shinozaki ''Small Piece,Lough Piece,Show Piece'' Performers: Fuminori Shinozaki（Violin） Masahiro Saito（Piano） Programs: ≪Small Piece≫ E.Elgar：Salut d’Amour, Op. 12 A.Dvorak：8 Humoresques, Op. 101 (B. 187) R.Sieczynski：Wien, du Stadt meiner Traume, Op. 1 etc... ≪Lough Piece≫ V.Monti：Csardas ≪Show Piece≫ M.Falla：La vida breve, Act II: Danse espagnoles Nos. 1 and 2 P.Sarasate：Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20 etc... Price: \2,500 Student\1,000 Info&Ticket:Mitsuke Arts hall Arcadia +81-258-63-5321 |
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| Date | Sat 13/Sep/2008 15:00 |
| Venue | Hekinan City Arts and Cultural Hall, Emerald Hall, Aichi |
| Hekinan City Arts and Cultural Hall, Emerald Hall, Aichi Performers: Masahiro Saito Kazumasa Matsumoto Etsuko Hirose Yuko Mifune Programs: Ravel. Feria from "Rapsodie Espagnole" Rakhmaninov. Suite No.2 Op.17 "Tarantelle" J.S.Bach. Concerto for Four Pianos BWV.1065 1st mov etc Price: \2,500/\2,300(Tomonokai) Info&Ticket: Hekinan City Arts and Cultural Hall +81-(0)566-48-3731 |
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| Date | Fri 25/Jul/2008 19:00 |
| Venue | Suginami Koukaidou, Tokyo |
| BIG 3 Piano Project for 6Hands [Performer] Masahiro Saito(Pf) Yuko Mifune(Pf) Mino Kabasawa(Pf) [Program] Tchaikovsky Waltz of Flowers from Nutcracker (3Pianos) Weber Invitation to the Dance (3 Pianos) Milhaud Brazileira from "Scaramouche" (2 Pianos) [Price] S \5,000 / A \4,000 / B \3,000 [Info&Ticket] Suginami Koukaidou +81-(0)3-5347-4450 |
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| Date | Sat 5/Jul/2008 18:30 |
| Venue | Fuji Rose Theatre , Shizuoka |
| MUSEUM CONCERT 2008 Masahiro Saito & Etsuko Hirose Piano Duo Concert [Info&Ticket] TBA |
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| Date | 3/October/2007 |
| Venue | Tokyo Bunka Kaikan |
| Masahiro Saito 30th anniversary of His Debut Performer, Masahiro Saito(Pf)/Tatsuzo Akasaka(Cl)/HirokoKokubu(Pf)/Takako Hagiwara(Fl)/Etsuko Hirose(Pf)/Masumitsu Miyamoto(Br)/Satsuki Adachi(Sop)/Chisako Takashima(Vn)/Michiko Hayashi(Mezzo)/Yuko Mihune(Pf)/Debussy String Quartet Program, Debussy: Premiere Rapsodie Faure: Barcarolle No.8 ... Price, \6,500 / Pair ticket \12,000 Info&Ticket, Arts Plan:03-3355-8227 |
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