Klassik im Club: Mio Sasaki und Sumire Hisatoku

In the organizer's words:

Mio Sasaki - Violin

Mio Sasaki was born in Osaka.

She won first prize at the Luigi Nono International Chamber Music Competition (in the solo and chamber music categories) and the Saar International Violin Competition, among others. She has also won prizes at the Augustin Aponte International Music Competition, the International Violin Competition in Hammelburg, the Elise Meyer Competition and the Premio Rodolfo Lipizer International Violin Competition. In 2013, Mio Sasaki received the Civic Culture Prize from her hometown, Hirakata.

In spring 2024, Mio Sasaki graduated from Osaka University with a degree in Italian. She is now studying at the Hamburg University of Music and Drama under Prof. Christoph Schickedanz.

Mio Sasaki plays the violin by Antonio Pelizon (Gorizia, ca.1820), on loan from violin maker Christian Erichson from Hanover.

Sumire Hisatoku - piano

Sumire Hisatoku was born in Osaka in 1997. She started playing the piano at the age of 7. Since her childhood, she has won numerous prizes in Japan.

In 2016 she began her bachelor studies at Kobe College in Japan. During her studies, she received a scholarship from a Japanese-American foundation. In 2020, she graduated at the top of her class and received a special prize for the best répétiteur at the university.

Since 2022, Sumire Hisatoku has been studying for her master's degree at the Hamburg University of Music and Drama under Prof. Stepan Simonian. She regularly gives concerts in Germany and Japan.

Admission on a donation basis

Registration is requested via projekte@honigfabrik.de

Admission: 18:00

Start: 19:00

Price information:

A hat goes around, donations are requested