Violinist Mari Sato has enjoyed a rich and varied
career as a chamber musician based in Cleveland. Described as “a
visceral and engaging storyteller,” by clevelandclassical.com, Mari was
the second violinist of the award-winning Cavani String Quartet for
twenty-four years. During her tenure with the Cavani Quartet, Mari gave
concerts on major series, including Carnegie Hall, Corcoran Gallery of
Art, Festival de L’Epau in France, and the Honolulu Chamber Music
Society.
Ms.
Sato is honored to have collaborated with many distinguished artists
including members of the Cleveland, Juilliard, Miami, Ying, Emerson,
Borodin, Amadeus, St. Lawrence and Colorado String Quartets, the
Weilerstein Trio, Itzhak Perlman, Robert Mann, Anton Nel, Stephanie
Blythe and Charles Neidich. Music festival appearances and residencies
include The Aspen Music Festival, The New World Symphony, Norfolk
Chamber Music Festival, Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival, Interlochen
Center for the Arts, The Perlman Music Program, ChamberFest Cleveland,
and Encore Chamber Music.
Formerly
on faculty at the Cleveland Institute of Music 1995-2018, Mari Sato and
her colleagues coached many outstanding young musicians in the
Intensive Quartet Seminar and the Apprentice Quartet Seminar. Former
chamber music students include members of the Jupiter, Daedalus, Aeolus,
Miró, Fry Street, Verona and Afiara Quartets, as well as members of the
Cleveland, St. Paul, Minnesota, Chicago, Detroit, and New York
Philharmonic Orchestras. From 2018-2020, Ms. Sato worked with students
at the Oberlin Conservatory and the MYCO chamber music program in North
Carolina. She continues to play chamber music with her colleagues in
CityMusic Cleveland, Heights Arts, No Exit New Music Ensemble, and the
Bluestreak Ensemble.
Ms.
Sato received her musical training at the Cleveland Institute of Music
and the University of Michigan. Her mentors include David Cerone, Paul
Kantor, and Peter Salaff.