Piano
Born in: Saitama Prefecture, Japan
1st place, Piano Section, The 21st Tokyo Music Competition 2023

Musical Study Experiences

March 2017 Graduated from Tokyo College of Music High School
March 2021 Graduated top of class from Tokyo College of Music
March 2023 Graduated with a master’s degree at the top of class from the graduate school of Tokyo College of Music
2023 Studies at the graduate school of Tokyo College of Music

Teachers

Previously, studied under ISHII Katsunori, TAKADA Masataka, Eliso VIRSALADZE, NOJIMA Minoru, Gábor FARKAS, NAKADA Mizuho, EZAWA Seiko, and HIRABAYASHI Soko.

Musical Careers

2013	1st Place, Piano Category, Middle School Division, the 15th Japan Player’s Competition
2015	2nd Place, the 21st Hupfer Tosu Piano Concours
2016	Finalist, the 6th Minoru Nojima Yokosuka Piano Competition 1st Place, Piano Category, the 15th Tokyo College of Music Competition (the youngest winner)
2018	Kirishima International Music Festival Award, the 39th Kirishima International Music Festival
2021	1st Place, Piano Category, the 31st Takarazuka Vega Music Competition 2nd Place, Piano Category, the 90th Music Competition of Japan
2022	2nd Place (Top Place), Chamber Music in Live Performance Category, Salzburg=Mozart International Chamber Music Competition in Tokyo 2022
2023	2nd Place and Audience Award, the 4th Shigeru Kawai International Piano Competition 1st Place, Piano Section, the 21st Tokyo Music Competition

Further Activities

Sagawa studied abroad in Russia at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory as a scholarship recipient of a short-term study abroad program supported by Tokyo College of Music. Among his overseas experiences, he won the Most Promising Award at Villa Sandra Piano Academy in Italy and also furthered his studies, sucha as training at Chetham’s International Piano Summer School in the U.K.
Regarding his performance career, he has been appearing in numerous concerts for both solo and chamber ensembles. Some of the highlights are performances with the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra and the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, and Mozart’s Piano Concerto No.21 with the Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra in February 2023, being selected as a soloist for the orchestra’s subscription concert at Tiara Koto, which was well received.
Currently, he continues his studies at the graduate school of Tokyo College of Music and works as a part-time performance researcher at the same college.

Repertoire

Sagawa has been studying various works ranging from Baroque to modern to contemporary, and expanding his repertoire in recent years, especially classical pieces written by composers such as Mozart and Beethoven. He used to enjoy working on technical, virtuoso pieces, but now he is interested in classical pieces having fewer notes, each with a more substantial meaning.
In addition to solo works, Sagawa also has a large repertoire for piano trios and duos.

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