SHO AKAMATSU
Violin
Sho Akamatsu – violin, was born in Osaka (Japan) in 1986. At the age of fifteen, he won a Japanese state scholarship to study violin in Vienna, in the class of the renowned violin pedagogue prof. Leonid Sorokov.
In the same class, he graduated in 2010 at the Academy of Music in Zagreb, after which he enrolled in advanced training in Vienna, also in the class of prof. Sorokova. During and after completing his studies, he won numerous awards at Croatian and international competitions, in the categories of solo violin and chamber ensembles.
He was the winner of the international violin competitions "Kumagusu" in Wakayama (Japan) in 1996 and the string competition in Osaka (Japan) in 1998. He won the first prize at the "Alpe-Adria "A & V. Marcosig" international competition in 2004 in Gorizia (Italy), as well as at the Croatian national competition in Varaždin. ., and the second prize at the Croatian Youth Artist Competition "Papandopulo" in 2013.
He won the second prize at the 10th International Violin Competition "Vaclav Huml" in Zagreb. At the International Competition "Papandopulo" in 2015, he won the first prize in the category of chamber ensembles Trio in 1887. He often performs in Croatia and abroad.
As a soloist, he collaborated with the Zagreb Philharmonic, the HRT Symphony Orchestra, the Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra, the Mostar Symphony Orchestra, the Varaždin Chamber Orchestra, the orchestras of the Croatian National Theater Opera in Zagreb and Osijek, Croatian Radio and Television Tambura Orchestra.
He is a permanent soloist and concertmaster of the costumed musical-stage spectacle Mozart in the garden. As a concertmaster, he led the Zagreb Festival Orchestra and the Mostar Symphony Orchestra.
With the Zagreb Soloists, he released a CD edition with the works of the Croatian composer Boris Papandopulo.
In addition to solo performances, he often performs chamber music. He is a permanent member and co-founder of the ensemble Trio 1887, with whom he records numerous performances at festivals in Croatia and Europe.
Since 2020, he is a member and one of the founders of the violin duo SHIVA BEYOND SONUD. He is a permanent associate of the international orchestra Sinfonieorchester Liechtenstein and a permanent member of the Zagreb Philharmonic where he leads the second violin section.
