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.
Last Album
Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1
With Esa-Pekka Salonen & San Francisco Symphony
Release : September 2026
Internationally celebrated violinist Sayaka Shoji’s debut recording on SFS Media label brings breath-taking virtuosity and emotional depth to Shostakovich’s monumental work — one of the defining concertos of the twentieth century. Winner of the Paganini International Violin Competition at age sixteen, Shoji has earned worldwide acclaim for performances that combine technical brilliance with extraordinary interpretive insight.
General Management
Harrison Parrott
Federico Hernandez
+44 (0)20 3725 9184
federico.hernandez@harrisonparrott.co.uk
James Yang
+44 (0)77 8966 9705
zhe.yang@harrisonparrott.co.uk
Yukiko Shishikura
+44 (0)20 3725 9134
yukiko.shishikura@harrisonparrott.co.uk
