Sayaka Shoji receives the 37th Music Pen Club Music Award!

Violinist Sayaka Shoji has been awarded the 37th Music Pen Club Music Award (Solo Artist category).

The Music Pen Club Music Award is an award annually announced by the Music Pen Club, Japan, which is composed of about 130 members of critics, writers, musicologists, composers, musicians and others who are engaged in speech and writing in the three fields of “classical music”, “pop music”, and “audio”.
Products and events of the music circle presented in the year are eligible for the award, and a winner is selected from among nominees by a vote of all members.

Sayaka Shouji has been awarded the Music Award in the solo artist category of classical music for her highly acclaimed performances in the Japan tour of the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Alain Altinoglu and with the New “Davidsbuüdler”.

The 37th Music Pen Club Music Award 2024

Sayaka Shoji made Europe debut at the age of 14, and became the youngest First Prize winner at the Pagnini International Competition in 1999. Since then, she has performed with leading conductors such as Zubin Mehta, Lorin Maazel, Yuri Temirkanov, and renowned orchestras including Philharmonia Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Berlin Philharmoniker, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and Czech Philharmonic Orchestra. Also, she is highly motivated to collaborate with different art fields. Her various projects with Saburo Teshigawara, Hiroshi Sugimoto, and other world-class artists attract attention.

In 2012, she was named one of The 100 Most Influential People for Japan in Future by Nikkei Business. She won the Mainichi Art Award in 2016. Sayaka Shoji is one of the top violinists who have established a solid position in the world music scene. She plays a Stradivarius “Recamier” c.1729 kindly loaned to her by Ueno Fine Chemicals Industry Ltd.

Please continue to follow Shoji Sayaka’s activities in Japan and abroad.

Sayaka Shoji profile
https://www.japanarts.co.jp/en/artist/sayakashoji/

＜Upcoming Concerts＞
Lahav Shani, Chief Conductor, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
2025/6/21(Sat) 14:00 The Symphony Hall ♦
2025/6/22(Sun) 15:00 Aichi Prefectural Arts Theater Concert Hall ★
2025/6/23(Mon) 19:00 MUZA Kawasaki Symphony Hall ♦
2025/6/25(Wed) 19:00 Harmony Hall Fukui ♦
2025/6/26(Thu) 19:00 Suntory Hall ♦
2025/6/27(Fri) 19:00 Suntory Hall ★
2025/6/28(Sat) 14:00 Yokohama Minato Mirai Hall ★
2025/6/29(Sun) 14:00 Tokorozawa Civic Cultural Centre Ark Hall ♦
♦Bruce Liu, Piano ★Sayaka Shoji, Violin