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Past Performances in 2015/16
​August 4, 2016, 6pm
Schroeder Hall, Sonoma State University, CA
pianoSonoma Artists-in-Residence concerts
Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 10
Julia Glenn, violin ​

August 2, 2016, 6pm
Schroeder Hall, Sonoma State University, CA
pianoSonoma Artists-in-Residence concerts
Chen Yi: Romance and Dance
Julia Glenn, violin

July 28, 2016, 6pm
Schroeder Hall, Sonoma State University, CA
pianoSonoma Artists-in-Residence concerts
Szymanowski: Notturno e Tarantella
Julia Glenn, violin

July 26, 2016, 6pm
Schroeder Hall, Sonoma State University, CA
pianoSonoma Artists-in-Residence concerts

C. Schumann: Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann
C. Schumann: Three Romances for Violin and Piano

June 22, 2016
Private Residence, NYC
pianoSonoma Music Salon
Schumann: Fantasiestücke, op. 73
Julian Schwarz, cello
Mika Sasaki, piano

May 25, 2016
Private Residence, NYC
Haydn: Trio in G major, "Gypsy"
Robert Sirota: Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello (1998)
Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor
Laurie Carney, violin
Ben Larsen, cello
Mika Sasaki, piano

May 7, 2016
Spectrum, NYC
Babbitt Centenary Celebration

Works by Milton Babbitt and Louis Conti
​
April 18, 2016
Paul Hall, The Juilliard School
Juilliard Composers' Concert
Andrew Hsu: Sea Meadows for Violin and Piano
Lifan Zhu, violin
Mika Sasaki, piano

April 13, 2016
​Paul Hall, The Juilliard School
Violin Graduation Recital

Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 10
Works by Tchaikovsky and Joachim
Daniel Cho, violin

March 30, 2016
Samueli Theater, Segerstrom Center, CA
​Live Concert Recording Session [RSVP only]

Works by Clara Schumann

February 11, 2016
Paul Hall, The Juilliard School, 8pm
DMA Piano Recital III
Works by Max Grafe
, Brahms, Enescu, and Liszt/Horowitz

January 25, 2016
Focus! Festival "Milton Babbitt’s World: A Centennial Celebration” 
Peter Jay Sharp Theater, NYC, 7:30pm

Babbitt: ​Three Compositions for piano

January 6, 2016
pianoSonoma at Juilliard
Paul Hall, The Juilliard School, NYC

Faculty and Artist in Residence Concert [RSVP ONLY]
Works by Evan Fein, Philip Lasser, and Kendall Briggs with flutist Emi Ferguson;
Works by Robert Schumann and Pyotr Tchaikovsky with cellist Julian Schwarz; and

Liszt: Scherzo and March, S. 177 (arr. Horowitz)

November 20, 2015

pianoSonoma Salon Concert
Private Residence, NYC
Solo works by Rachmaninoff, Dohnanyi

October 14, 2015
Salon de Virtuosi, Hungarian Consulate, NYC
"Season Opening Awards Gala"
Franck: Sonata for Violin and Piano (arr. cello)
Nathan Chan, cello (Helen Roosevelt Grant recipient)

September 11, 2015
Temple of Dendur, Metropolitan Museum, 7pm
"Arvo Pärt at Eighty"
Pärt: Variations for the Recuperation of Arinushka for             piano
          Pari intervallo for piano four-hands
          Passacaglia for violin and piano
          Fratres for violin and piano
Robert Fleitz, piano
Alex Shiozaki, violin
Mika Sasaki, piano


July - August 2015
Chamber Music Performances
Music@Menlo, Atherton/Menlo Park, CA
July 19, 21, 23, 26, 30, 31; August 3, 4, 7
Dohnanyi: Piano Quintet No. 2
Brahms: Piano Trio No. 2
Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No. 1
Beethoven: Piano Trio Op. 1 No. 2
Schubert: Grand Rondo for four-hands
Beethoven: Violin Sonata Op. 12 No. 2


May 2, 2015
Paul Hall, The Juilliard School, 8:30pm
Composers' Recital
Paul Frucht: Double Cascade for two pianos (2014)
Robert Fleitz, Mika Sasaki pianos

April 11, 2015
Paul Hall, The Juilliard School, 8:30pm
MM Violin Recital
Brahms: "Scherzo" from the F-A-E Sonata
Beethoven: Sonata No. 3
Ravel: Sonata No. 2
Hannah Ji, violin
Mika Sasaki, piano

April 3, 2015
Paul Hall, The Juilliard School, 4pm
MM Violin Recital
Schubert: Duo in A major, D. 574
Works by Kreisler, Piazzolla
Franck: Sonata in A major
Michelle Tseng, violin
Mika Sasaki, piano

March 19, 2015
Morse Hall, The Juilliard School, 4pm
DMA Clarinet Lecture Performance
"There and Back Again: A Musical Tale of Zionism and Postcards"
Eloise Fisher, clarinet,
Mika Sasaki, piano

March 13, 2015
NYC Ballet Choreographic Institute
Paul Frucht: Proviso for Clarinet, Violin, Viola, Cello, Piano (2014)
Hannah Ji, violin
Matthew Sinno, viola
Chris Irvine, cello
Mika Sasaki, piano

March 9, 2015
Paul Hall, The Juilliard School, 6pm
BM Violin Recital
Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 8
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
Works by Kreisler, Wieniawski
Tianyang Gao, violin
Mika Sasaki, piano

February 9, 2015
Paul Hall, The Juilliard School, 6pm
DMA Solo Piano Recital #2
Scarlatti: Sonatas in G major, K. 14, 455
Kaneko: Un jour avec le piano (1992)
Mendelssohn: Variations sérieuses
Rachmaninoff: Piano Sonata No. 1


January 28, 2015
Focus! 2015: "Nippon Gendai Ongaku: Japanese Music Since 1945"
Peter Jay Sharp Theater, 8pm
Kaneko: Un jour avec le piano (1992) for solo piano


 January 14, 2015
ChamberFest at the Juilliard School
Alice Tully Hall, 1pm
Penderecki: Sextet for Clarinet, Horn, String Trio, and Piano
Anton Rist, clarinet
Trevor Nuckols, horn
Amos Fayette, violin
Molly Goldman, viola
Hyung Suk Bae, cello
Mika Sasaki, piano

[View List of Performances in 2012/2013]

Selected Performances from 2014
December 21, 2014
Benefit Concert for the Danbury Music Centre
Danbury, CT
Chamber Music Concert
Ravel: Tzigane
Cello works with piano TBA
Dvorak: Piano Quintet in A major
Hannah Ji, Clare Semes, violins
Isabel Hagen, viola; Madeline Fayette, cello
Mika Sasaki, piano

December 15, 2014
Paul Hall, The Juilliard School
DMA Violin Recital, 8pm
Pfitzner: Violin Sonata
Ken Hamao, violin
Mika Sasaki, piano

October 27, 2014
Paul Hall, The Juilliard School
Juilliard Composers Concert
Paul Frucht: Double Cascade for two pianos (2014)
Robert Fleitz, Mika Sasaki pianos

August 17, 2014
TMC Chamber Concert
Schumann: Piano Trio No. 3
Sarah Peters, violin
Francesca McNeeley, cello
Mika Sasaki, piano

August 11, 2014
TMC Prelude Concert
Seiji Ozawa Hall, Tanglewood Music Center
Rachmaninoff: Piano Sonata No. 1
Mika Sasaki, piano

August 5, 2014
Tanglewood on Parade
Seiji Ozawa Hall, Tanglewood Music Center
Brahms: Piano Trio No. 3
Bartok: Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion
Julia Noone, violin
Clare Monfredo, cello
Jeff DeRoche, percussion I
Kirk Etheridge, percussion II
Andrew Hsu, piano I
Mika Sasaki, piano II

August 2, 2014
TMC Prelude Concert
Seiji Ozawa Hall, Tanglewood Music Center
Heiss: Meditations and Arguments (2006)
John Harbison, conductor

July 2014
Festival of Contemporary Music
Ozawa Hall, Tanglewood Music Center

James Matheson: Anatomy for Melancholy for Clarinet, Violin, Cello and Piano [View review here]
Sam Almaguer, clarinet
Kuan-Yu Annie Chen, violin
Renée Delgado, cello
Mika Sasaki, piano

July 5, 2014
TMC Prelude Concert
Seiji Ozawa Hall, Tanglewood Music Center
Schubert: "Grand Duo" [View review here]
Livan, piano secondo
Mika Sasaki, piano primo

June 29, 2014
Annual Brass Concert
Seiji Ozawa Hall, Tanglewood Music Center
Betsy Jolas: Lassus Ricercare (1971)
Karina Canellakis, conductor

May 1, 2014
Morse Hall, The Juilliard School, NYC
DMA Solo Piano Recital #1
Schumann: Fantasiestucke, Op. 111
Beethoven: Sonata "Les Adieux" Op. 81a
Ades: Traced Overhead
Scriabin: Selected Etudes Op. 42, 8; Sonata No. 10, Op. 70


April 9, 2014
Paul Hall, The Juilliard School, NYC
MM Violin Recital
Schubert: Fantasy for Violin and Piano
Other Works TBA
Kei Sugiyama, violin
Mika Sasaki, piano

January 31, 2014
Paul Hall, The Juilliard School, NYC
MM Violin Recital
Stravinsky: Suite Italienne
Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 6
Lutoslawski: Subito
Prokofiev: Violin Sonata No. 2
Jeoung-Yin Kim, violin
Mika Sasaki, piano
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