Anon in Love recording
December 2023
I am excited to record Anon in Love by William Walton with amazing Siân Dicker in January 2024 with Delphian records! I will keep updated for the release details :)
Lake District Music Festival Video Now Available!
August 2021
The video of Saki's solo recital from Lake District Music Festival 2021 is now available here:
https://www.ldsm.org.uk/event/saki-kato/
Programme:
Arnold - Fantasy
Bingham - Nine Turners (World Premiere)
Cowie - Stream and Variations
Walton - Five Bagatelles
Open Academy Fellowship
September 2020
Saki has become a fellow at the Royal Academy of Music for the Open Academy Department, which focuses on co-creative music-making within the wider community. She will be working on various workshop projects in a wide range of settings including hospitals, care homes and primary schools.
Highly Strung Music: Guitar Chamber Music by Edward Cowie
27.01.2020
This concert will celebrate many of Edward Cowie's guitar chamber music which will include TWO World Premiere pieces by him. One of the world premiere pieces, Basho Meditation was written by Cowie for the Miyabi Duo in April 2019. Another world premiere piece, California Suite will be premiered by Saki Kato and the Bell Quartet. This concert will also feature TWO World Premiere pieces by James Batty and Stephen Balfour.
Date: 18.03.2020
Venue: David Josefowitz Recital Hall, Royal Academy of Music, London, UK
Programme details below:
Basho Meditations (Miyabi Duo) by Edward Cowie *World Premiere
Eight Sonic Haiku
New Guitar Duo piece (Miyabi Duo) by Stephen Balfour *World Premiere
Kandinsky (Guitar Quartet) by Edward Cowie (b. 1943)
- Points
- Lines
- Planes
Interval
New Guitar Quintet piece by James Batty *World Premiere
California Suite (Guitar Quintet) by Edward Cowie *World Premiere
- Joshua Tree National Park
- Death Valley
- Yosemite National Park
- Monterey Bay