Yukie Sato (Soprano)

Born: February 14, 1987 - Koganei, Tokyo, Japan

The Japanes soprano, Yukie Sato, finished her Masters‘ degree (Baroque and Medieval) in voice at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in 2015. She has previously studied classical and Baroque singing at the Tokyo University of the Arts, before which she was active as a musical actor. She has studied singing with Midori Minawa, Yukari Nonoshita, Gerd Türk, Ulrich Messthaler and Dominique Vellard. She has been awarded several prizes both in Japan and internationally, such as the 1st prize of the 2nd International Early Music Vocal Competition “Canticum Gaudium” (Poznan, 2013) and the 1st prize of the 28th International Competition for Early Music (Yamanashi, 2015).

Yukie Sato has big passion and wide repertoire of medieval, renaissance, Baroque, classic, opera and contemporary music. She sings or has sung as a soloist in projects with Rinaldo Alessandrini, Andrea Marcon, Dominique Vellard (Ensemble Gilles Binchois) and Medro Memelsdorf (Mala Punica). She is a member of Sollazzo Ensemble (Director: Anna Danilevskaia), La Dolce Maniera (Director: Luigi Gaggero) and La Chapelle Harmonique (Director: Valentin Tournet).

Awards

1st prize of the 2nd International Early Music Vocal Competition “Canticum Gaudium” (Poland, 2013)
1st prize and Uehara prize of the 28th International Competition for Early Music (Japan, 2015)
3rd prize winner of the 2nd Handel Aria Competition (USA, 2014)
Acanthus prize (best player’s prize) in the Tokyo University of the Arts (Japan, 2014)

Ensemble prizes:
​As a member of Sollazzo Ensemble (Direction: Anna Danilevskaia)
York Early Music International Young Artists Prize (England, 2015)
Cambridge Early Music Festival Prize (England, 2015)
Friends of York Early Music Festival Prize (England, 2015)

Roles

2010: Role of Serpina in La Serva Padrona by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (Tokyo)
2010: Soloist in Síppal, dobbal, nádihegedüvel by Ligeti (Tokyo, *Premiere in Japan)
2012: Role of Alcina in La Liberazione di Ruggiero by Francesca Caccini (Basel and Dresden Semperoper)
2013: Role of Primo Pastore in Christmas Oratorio by Giovanni Lorenzo Lulier (Basel, Conducted by Rinaldo Alessandrini)
2015: Role of Italienne and Fantome in Médée by Charpantier (Theater Basel, Conducted by Andrea Marcon)
2015: Role of Vagaus in Juditha triumphans by Antonio Vivaldi (Theater Basel, Conducted by Andrea Marcon)
2015: Soloist in Die Schöpfung by Haydn (Basel)
2016: Soloist in Johannes-Passion(BWV 245) by J.S. Bach (Aarau)
2016: Soloist in Messiah by George Frideric Handel (Arlesheim, Conducted by Andrea Marcon)
2017: Soloist in Litaniae Lauretanae de Beata Maria Virgine, KV195 by W.A. Mozart (Arlesheim, Conducted by Andrea Marcon)
2017: Soloist in Missa in C Krönungs-Messe, KV317 by W.A. Mozart (Arlesheim, Conducted by Andrea Marcon)

Source: Yuki Sato Website (2016-2018) & Facebook profile; Photos 01-06: Asami Nakano
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (December 2019)

Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works

Conductor

As

Works

Valentin Tournet

Soprano

Member of La Chapelle Harmonique:
[C-1] (2018): BWV 63, BWV 243a

Links to other Sites

Yukie Sato - Soprano (Official Website) [English/Japanese]
Yukie Sato on Facebook