Sayaka Shoji

About

Sayaka Shoji has become internationally recognised for her unique artistic versatility and detailed approach to her chosen repertoire. Her creative insight into musical languages with large, expressive tonal palette comes from her mix of European and Japanese backgrounds.

“Shoji, completely magnetic, almost did seem to be under some kind of possession, conjuring forces beyond her control – though completely in command of fierce.”

(The Times, February 2024)

Born in Tokyo, Shoji moved to Siena, Italy when she was three. She studied at Accademia Musicale Chigiana and Cologne’s Musikhochschule and made her European debut with Lucerne Festival Strings and Rudolf Baumgartner at the Lucerne Festival and then at the Musikverein, Vienna at the age of fourteen.