It all started when…
I am a classically trained pianist, who is breaking down the classical music box. For a long time, I believed that to be a pianist, is to be a classical pianist. While I still hold a deep appreciation and love for the classical style, I just want to be, a pianist— no genre attached, to perform what I love, no matter where it came from. Throughout my journey of creating different programs for recital series, I’ve discovered that I hold a fondness for music that seems still, but is consistently evolving and slowly forming into something else. I like to think that I am also doing something similar, where from the outside, it may seem that I am doing my “same old” classical music, but upon further listening, it’s absolutely different. I curate programs where the music itself can be appreciated and used as reprieve from daily life, as well as serving a larger cause.
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“Simplicity is the final achievement.”
Boston-based pianist Sakurako Kanemitsu is a colorful and creative interpreter of music ranging from the established classical repertoire to the music of our time. She began her studies at the age of 5 in Tokyo, Japan, and has since performed as soloist and chamber pianist in Italy, Germany, and the United States. Recent projects include a collaboration with Boston-based Nightingale Vocal Ensemble on a Massachusetts tour of Voices of Water, composer Andrew List’s Journey of Seasons, and a interdisciplinary production called Symbiosis with composer Ryan Suleiman and the Fourth Wall Ensemble, and founded Sakura & Rose Duo with acclaimed soprano Rose Hegele. With the Sakura & Rose Duo, they recently created and performed a multimedia recital experience with Ekphrasis: Music in Conversation with Art which was performed at Berklee School of Music as well as UC Davis. In 2019, Sakurako was awarded an Artist-in-Residence from UC Davis in support of a collaborative project involving the university’s graduate composers, award-winning choreographer Jacob Gutiérrez-Montoya, and cellist Michael Dahlberg. Sakurako earned her Bachelor of Music and Master of Music in Piano Performance from Sacramento State School of Music, where she worked as a teaching assistant and administrative assistant for the School of Music’s Piano Series. Sakurako recently completed her Graduate Performance Diploma at Longy School of Music of Bard College in Cambridge, MA as the Barbara Roth Donaldson Scholar where she studied with Grammy-nominated and acclaimed pianist, Andrius Žlabys.
Click above to listen to a recent interview and performance at CapRadio with host, Jennifer Reason.
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