MIKU SATO
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Miku Sato
Miku Sato
Born in Okazaki City, Aichi Prefecture, and raised in Gamagori City.
She began playing the piano at age 6 and the marimba in her elementary school's music club at age 9.
Graduated from Tokyo College of Music, Faculty of Music, Department of Music, Instrumental Music Major (Percussion) in March 2019.
Completed coursework as a non-degree student at the Graduate School of Music, University of Tokyo in March 2021.
She has studied marimba and percussion with Momoko Kamiya, Hidemi Murase, Shoichi Kubo, Takeshi Kubota, Sao Aoki, and Akemi Ota, and piano, solfège, and other general musical subjects with Kumiko Masuyama.
I won second place in the Open Class Solo category of the 5th Marimba Competition at Marimbafest 2024, the largest international marimba festival in the Southern Hemisphere, held in Perth, Australia.
He has received numerous awards, including the Grand Prize and the Hyogo Prefectural Board of Education Award in the Percussion C category at the 27th KOBE International Music Competition.
Currently based in Aichi Prefecture, she performs primarily as a soloist and in ensembles throughout the Tokai and Kanto regions.
She is also dedicated to mentoring the next generation of instructors, offering lessons at her home studio in Gamagori City and through on-site lessons. Students are currently being recruited!
She is also active as a member of the marimba duo "Mariful" and the marimba ensemble "RELiO Marimba Ensemble".
Member of the Chubu Percussion Association and the Nagoya Branch of the Japan Marimba Association.
Competition
・Marimba Fest 2024 5th Marimba Competition OPEN CLASS SOLO Division 2nd Place
(Marimbafest2024 @Perth, Australia)
- 27th KOBE International Music Competition, Percussion Section C: Grand Prize and Hyogo Prefectural Board of Education Award
・5th place at the 1st Tokyo International Marimba Competition
・20th "Great Wall Cup" International Music Competition, Percussion Division, University Category, 3rd Place (Highest Award)
- Participated in the 2nd Round of the Marimba B Division at the 17th Italian International Percussion Competition.
(Italy Percussion Competition 17th edition )
- 20th KOBE International Music Competition, Percussion B Division: Excellence Award and Kobe City Cultural Promotion Foundation Award
- 16th and 17th Japan Junior Wind and Percussion Instrument Competition, High School Course: Silver Prize (2nd Place), etc.
More...
I played the marimba for three years in an extracurricular activity in elementary school, and from middle school until before entering university, I took private marimba lessons.
In junior high school, I played the flute for three years in the brass band, rather than percussion. I also played the koto for about two years.
I didn't join the brass band club in high school, but I played the flute in a community brass band until I graduated.
In the fall of my first year of high school, I underwent surgery on my arm, took about four months off for rehabilitation, and then played the marimba for about a year with metal plates and bolts in my arm. In the winter of my second year of high school, I had surgery to remove the metal.
...I've had experiences like this too (^_^;)