PROFILE

Cellist Keina Satoh is quickly garnering international recognition as a skilled soloist and chamber musician. In 2023, she participated in CHANEL Pygmalion Days in Japan, where she gave five recitals at NEXUS Hall in Ginza, Tokyo, throughout the year. Satoh is a sought-after soloist and has performed with many renowned orchestras, including the Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra and the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra.

She also performs regularly as a chamber musician and orchestral player and has collaborated with leading artists such as Seiji Ozawa, Kyoko Takezawa, Dai Miyata, and Miyuji Kaneko.

Satoh has won first prize at various competitions, including the 74th Student Music Concours of Japan, where she also received the Mainichi Shimbun Encouragement Award and the NHK Chairman’s Award, and Kings Peak International Competition in 2021.

Born in Aichi, Japan, Satoh began playing the cello at the age of three through the Suzuki Method. She earned her undergraduate degree from The Juilliard School, where she studied with David Finckel and Clara Kim. She then completed her Master’s degree at the Colburn Conservatory under the guidance of Clive Greensmith.

During her studies at The Juilliard School, she was supported by the Elaine Lambert Scholarship, the Norman and Rosita Winston Scholarship, and the Yamaha Music Foundation. While attending Walnut Hill School for the Arts in Massachusetts, she was awarded the Tan Family Foundation Scholarship. She also studied at the New England Conservatory Preparatory School with Emmanuel Feldman.

Satoh has performed at numerous prestigious international festivals, including the Pablo Casals Festival in France, MusicAlp in Austria, the Ozawa International Chamber Music Academy Okushiga in Japan, the International Cello Institute in the United States, and the Kirishima International Music Festival in Kagoshima, Japan. Her musical development has been further enriched through masterclasses with Frans Helmerson, Wen-Sinn Yang, Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi, and Dai Miyata.

Satoh is currently pursuing a postgraduate degree at Mozarteum University in Salzburg, Austria, studying under Giovanni Gnocchi.

愛知県大府市出身。ニューヨークのジュリアード音楽院卒業後、ロサンゼルスのコルバーン音楽院に進学し全額無償の奨学生として卒業。現在、ザルツブルクのモーツァルテウムにてジョバンニ ニョッキ氏に師事。
中学卒業後単身渡米、ボストンのウォールナットヒルスクールフォージアーツに入学。同時期にニューイングランド音楽院・プレパラトリースクールにダブルスクールで学ぶ。
第74回全日本学生音楽コンクール全国大会大学の部第1位。あわせて毎日新聞社奨励賞、NHK会長賞受賞。2021年キングスピーク国際音楽コンクール優勝。第6回京都国際音楽コンクールチェロの部第1位。第42回霧島国際音楽祭賞受賞。2024年いしかわミュージックアカデミー、IMA賞受賞。他多数受賞。2019年NHKラジオ「リサイタル・ノヴァ」に出演。これまでに大阪交響楽団、読売交響楽団、名古屋フィルハーモニー、セントラル愛知交響楽団、伊豆フィルハーモニー管弦楽団等とコンチェルトを共演。これまでに A Far Cry Chamber Orchestra (ボストン)、小澤征爾、竹澤恭子、金子三勇士、清塚信也の各著名人と共演の他、多数のソロリサイタルを行う。カザルス音楽祭、International Cello Institute、カーティス音楽院サマーフェスティバル、小澤国際室内楽アカデミー奥志賀、霧島国際音楽祭、ロームミュージックセミナーなどに参加。
フランツ ヘルマーソン、ウェン＝シン ヤン、堤剛、宮田大など各氏のマスタークラスを受ける。2021/2022年度ヤマハ音楽支援制度奨学生。2023年度シャネルピグマリオンデイズ参加アーティスト。CHANEL NEXUS HALLにて全4回のリサイタルと、大山平一郎氏と室内楽シリーズに出演。