Program

I. Schubert - Piano Trio No. 1 in B-flat Major, D. 898 (First Movement) Schubert - Notturno in E-flat Major, D. 897

II. Brahms - Piano Trio No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 101 (Complete)

III. Korngold - Piano Trio in D Major, Op. 1 (Complete)

佐藤一紀 Kazunori Sato Violin

京都市立芸術大学音楽学部卒業、同大学院音楽研究科修了。パリにて現代音楽を中心に研鑽を積む。兵庫芸術文化センター管弦楽団(HPAC)第1期コアメンバー、長岡京室内アンサンブルメンバー、いずみシンフォニエッタ大阪、各メンバーとして活動。パリ、フガートアソシエーション弦楽講習会、ニューヨークヴァイオリン サミット教授として、また国内外の主要オーケストラのコンサートマスターとしても招聘されている。　現在、相愛大学音楽学部、及び大学院非常勤講師を務める。KOTO Quartet、TAKE★SAT'eliccOも結成、活動の場を広げている。

Graduated from Kyoto City University of Arts, Faculty of Music, and completed the Graduate School of Music at the same university. Studied contemporary music in Paris. He is a member of Hyogo Performing Arts Center Orchestra (HPAC), Nagaokakyo Chamber Ensemble, Izumi Sinfonietta Osaka, and others. He has been invited to teach at the Fugato Association String Courses in Paris, the New York Violin Summit, and as concertmaster of major orchestras in Japan and abroad. 

He is currently a part-time lecturer at Soai University's School of Music and Graduate School, and has also formed KOTO Quartet and TAKE★SAT'eliccO, expanding his activities.

吉田円香 Madoka Yoshida Cello

京都市立芸術大学音楽学部卒業後、渡独。ケルン音楽大学修士課程にてヨハネス・モーザー氏のもとで研鑽を積み、最優秀の成績で修了。その後カッセル州立劇場にてアカデミー生、期間契約団員を務める。

2018年に帰国、兵庫芸術文化センター管弦楽団にてレジデントプレイヤーを務める。2019年帰国記念リサイタルを開催。2021年文化庁/(公社)日本演奏連盟主催のリサイタル・シリーズに出演。2023年NHK FM「リサイタル・パッシオ」に出演。2025年3月バッハの無伴奏チェロ組曲全曲演奏会を開催。現在はフリーランス奏者として演奏活動を行っている。

オフィシャルサイト　https://madoka-cello.weebly.com

After graduating from the Faculty of Music at Kyoto City University of Arts, Madoka Yoshida moved to Germany. She pursued advanced studies under Johannes Moser at the Cologne University of Music (Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln), graduating with the highest distinction (mit Auszeichnung). Following this, she served as an Academy Member, and later a contract player, at the Staatstheater Kassel (Kassel State Theatre).

Returning to Japan in 2018, Ms. Yoshida became a Resident Player with the Hyogo Performing Arts Center Orchestra (HPAC Orchestra). She celebrated her return with a commemorative recital in 2019. In 2021, she was featured in the prestigious Recital Series hosted by the Agency for Cultural Affairs and the Japan Federation of Musicians. In 2023, she performed on the NHK FM radio program, Recital Passio.

Ms. Yoshida is scheduled to present the complete cycle of Bach's Unaccompanied Cello Suites in March 2025. She is currently active as a freelance musician.

Official Website: https://madoka-cello.weebly.com

贄川　二葉　（ピアノ）

桐朋学園子供のための音楽教室を経て、桐朋女子高等学校音楽科を卒業。宮崎久美子、津村貴子、竹内啓子、御木本澄子の各氏に師事。イーストマン音楽院より全額奨学金を受賞し、渡米。学士号を取得の後、ニューイングランド音楽院より修士課程を卒業。イーストマン音楽院より博士号を取得。ピアノを故トーマス・シューマッカー、故パトリシア・ザンダー、ナタリア・アントノバ各氏に、伴奏・室内楽をジーン・バー氏に師事。後進の指導に熱心に取り組み、１０年間インディアナ大学、ジェイコブス音楽院での教鞭を経て、現在はメリーランド大学にて伴奏・室内楽の助教授を勤める。これまでにソロ、室内楽で韓国、台湾、香港、アメリカ、カナダ、イギリス、フランス、スウェーデンなど様々な国で演奏活動をするほか5枚のCDをリリス。

Futaba Niekawa

Classical pianist Futaba Niekawa seeks true expression in music through her artistry as a versatile pianist, chamber musician, and mentor. Her performance has taken her throughout the United States, Canada, England, Spain, Taiwan, South Korea, and Japan. To date, she has released five recordings encompassing solo, four-hands, duo, and chamber music from classical to newly composed works.

 Praised as “a beautifully balanced duo” by Gramophone Magazine, duo526 is a shared passion for Niekawa and violinist Kerry DuWors, since 2011. The duo reaches further than performing onstage, extending to their Sonata Seminar where they mentor and nurture the love of collaboration in the next generation, as well as their scholarly research and innovative projects on esoteric duo works.

 Her love of collaboration led her to performances with Atar Arad, James Campbell, Charles Castleman, Mark Kaplan, and members of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chicago Symphony Orchestra, among others, and at international venues such as at the Regina Chamber Music Festival, the Festival of the Sound, and the Busan Maru International Music Festival.  She has served on faculty as a collaborative pianist at the Banff Centre, New England Conservatory, Boston Ballet School, Meadowmount School of Music, Indiana University’s Summer String Academy, and the Perlman Music Program.  An advocate of sharing live classical music beyond concert halls, Niekawa has performed many series of house concerts in various areas across North America. She was a founding member of Chamberfest Brown County in Nashville, Indiana, a community music outreach initiative for the local area.

 A native of Japan, Niekawa studied with Sumiko Mikimoto and Keiko Takeuchi while she studied at Toho Gakuen School of Music. Niekawa holds degrees from the Eastman School of Music (B.M. and D.M.A) and New England Conservatory (M.M), where she studied with Natalya Antonova, Jean Barr, William Porter, Thomas Schumacher, and Patricia Zander.

 Her passion for pedagogy and mentoring is shown through her appearances as a guest teacher and performer at universities across North America. From 2015-2025, she taught and served as a Lecturer in Chamber and Collaborative Music at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music. Her students have pursued further studies at the Julliard School, New England Conservatory, the University of South California, the University of Colorado-Boulder and more. Since fall 2025, she has been appointed as an Assistant Professor of Collaborative Piano at the University of Maryland School of Music.