Eriko Sato, ViolinEriko Sato, ViolinEriko Sato, violinist, has been a member of Orpheus since 1975. She made her solo debut at age 13, and has performed as soloist with orchestras in Louisville, San Francisco, and Tokyo. Ms. Sato was the winner of the Tibor Varga International Competition, the Young Musicians Foundation Competition and three Japanese National Competitions. An active chamber musician, Ms. Sato has participated in the Mostly Mozart, Aspen, Sitka, Angel Fire, Gretna and Kuhmo Music Festivals, and appears regularly with Bargemusic, Chamber Music Northwest, Caramoor, Washimgton Square and the Dobbs Ferry Music Festivals. A founding member of the Aspen Soloists, the Festival Chamber Music Society and the Salon Chamber Soloists she is also a member of Elysium, the American Chamber Ensemble, the Ecliptica Ensemble and the St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble.
As a concertmaster of Orpheus, she has recorded for Deutsche Grammaphon and Sony Classics, and on Nonesuch, Telarc, Arabesque, and MusicMasters with the St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble. She has also recorded for Vanguard, Delos and Grenadilla labels and has been featured on CBS News Sunday Morning. Ms. Sato has taught at Queens College and the Aspen Music Festival and is currently a faculty member at Chamber Music Conference and Composers' Forum Of the East, Hoff-Barthelson Music School and the Mannes College Of Music Preparatory Division, where she teaches violin and chamber music. She lives in New York City with her husband, pianist David Oei and their pit bull mix, Jazz.
