Reika Sato

Born in Nagano, Japan, in 1999. She studied violin with Machia Saito, Yasuko Ohtani, Eduard Okoun, and Olivier Charlier, at the School of Music associated with the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music and at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique in Paris. She is currently a soloist in the NEXT Ensemble in a postgraduate program of CNSM and a concertmaster of the philharmonic orchestra at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional. She has performed with the Tokyo Junior Orchestra Society, the Junior Philharmonic Orchestra, and as soloist, with the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra. Additionally, she has participated in several festivals in Europe and has been awarded at the Osaka International Music Competition, the Marie Cantagrill International Violin Competition, and the Grumiaux International Violin Competition.