Atsushi Sato 30th anniversary piano recital (Tokyo performance)

Program

Franck: Prelude, Fugue and Variations (Piano Transcription: Harold Bauer-)

Chabrier: Whimsical Boulée

Habanera

Ravel: Pieces in Habanera Form

Fauré: Theme and Variations

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Mozart: Fantasia in C minor, K.475

Schumann: Childhood Opus 15

JS Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV565 (arranged for piano by Karl Tausig)

Profile

Atushi Sato

Born in Hokkaido in 1949. Studied piano under Sai Kageyama, the late Yuko Ikeda, the late Mitsuko Tanaka, Hiroshi Tamura, Shozo Tsubota, and Kazuko Yasukawa.

Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts in 1972 (received the "Ataka Prize" while still in school). Appeared in the 20th Graduation Special Concert. Completed the same graduate school in 1974 (performed in the closing concert of the "Summer International Academy of Music" in Salzburg while still in school). Since June of the same year, he has been working as a full-time lecturer at the Department of Music, Faculty of Education, Ibaraki University.

Currently Professor at Ibaraki University, Chairman of the Ibaraki Music Federation, Member of the Japan Music Federation, Honorary Doctor of Arts (Iondo University, USA).