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Birth name
  
Yuki Ito

Name
  
Yuki Ito

Occupation(s)
  
Musician

Role
  
Cellist

Instruments
  
Cello

Genres
  
Classical music

Website
  
yukiitocello.com


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Yuki Ito (伊藤 悠貴, Itō Yūki) is a Japanese classical cellist and conductor. He is particularly noted for his interpretations of Sergei Rachmaninoff's works, in particular the Cello Sonata (Rachmaninoff).

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Biography

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He debuted with the Philharmonia Orchestra in 2011, and has performed with orchestras such as Seiji Ozawa Festival Ensemble (Saito Kinen Orchestra members), Tokyo Symphony Orchestra and Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra, and artists as Vladimir Ashkenazy, David Geringas and Julian Lloyd Webber.

His debut album, Sergei Rachmaninov Complete Cello Works, with pianist Sofya Gulyak released in 2012 October, is The Strad magazine's "Recommended Disc". He will release his second album from Sony Music Entertainment in November 2017.

In 2016, he gave a recital to commemorate the 120th anniversary of Kenji Miyazawa for worldwide broadcast by NHK Japan, whose centennial anniversary recital was given by Yo-Yo Ma in 1996.

Discography

  • Sergei Rachmaninov – Complete Cello Works (2012/CHRCD044)
  • The Romantic" - Great Cello Works (2017/Sony Music Entertainment)
  • Prizes

  • 2000: Overall winner, Sapporo Junior Cello Competition
  • 2001: Gold medal, Osaka Junior Cello Competition (3rd Category – 13&under)
  • 2003: Gold medal, Osaka Junior Cello Competition (2nd Category – 17&under)
  • 2003: 1st prize, Japan Performer Competition
  • 2006: 1st prize, 6th Antonio Janigro International Cello Competition
  • 2007: 1st prize, Marlow International Music Competition
  • 2008: 2nd prize & Audience prize, 77th Music Competition of Japan
  • 2009: 1st prize, 20th Paris FLAME International Music Competition
  • 2010: 1st prize, 17th International Johannes Brahms Competition
  • 2011: 1st prize, 3rd Windsor Festival International String Competition
  • 2012: 1st prize, 14th Young Concert Artists European Audition
  • 2012: 2nd prize, 53rd Young Concert Artists New York Audition
  • Conducting

  • Artistic Director/Principal Conductor of Knightsbridge Philharmonic Orchestra since 2013
  • References

    Yuki Ito (cellist) Wikipedia