Today is Japanese Violinist Sayaka Shoji's 36th Birthday! [ON-THIS-DAY]

Today is Japanese violin virtuoso Sayaka Shoji's 36th birthday!

A protege of Zakhar Bron, Sayaka shot to international fame at age 16 – after winning 1st prize at the prestigious 1999 Paganini International Violin Competition.

 

SAYAKA SHOJI | TCHAIKOVSKY VIOLIN CONCERTO | DMITRI LISS & URAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA | 2017

 

Tchaikovsky & Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos |CD|

Sayaka Shoji, Violin

Myung-Whun Chung, Conductor

Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France

Release Date: September 16, 2016

Deutsche Grammophon