
ATSUSHI SAKAI
N E W S
New CD recording!
Pièces de Violes by François Couperin
Released on 2nd of March 2018 from the label Aparté, with C. Rousset, M. Martineau & I. Saint-Yves.

Sit Fast has released a new CD album "Seven Tears Upon Silence" from the Evidence Classics label on the 9th of June.
Discover the modern side of Sit Fast with this masterpiece, Upon Silence by George Benjamin.

Atsushi Sakai's long-awaited solo album on viola da gamba released from the Aparté label!
A. Forqueray: The Complete Five Suites
with Christophe Rousset (harpsichord) and Marion Martineau (viola da gamba).
Ref: AP122 (Aparté)
C O N C E R T S
A P R
3
April 3, 2018
Cantates Italiennes
Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music
Budapest
A P R
5
April 5, 2018
Cantates Italiennes
Wigmore Hall
London
A P R
7
April 7, 2018
Cantates Italiennes
Théâtre des Champs Elysées
Paris
A P R
8
April 8, 2018
SIT FAST, consort de violes
L'Abbaye de Niel-sur-l'Autise
A P R
22
April 22, 2018
Quatuor Cambini-Paris
Chapelle de Méjan, Arles
M A Y
5
May 5, 2018
Quatuor Cambini-Paris
Palazetto Bru-Zane
Venezia, Italy
M A Y
6
May 6, 2018
Quatuor Cambini-Paris
Palazetto Bru-Zane
Venezia, Italy
J U N
1
June 1, 2018
Quatuor Cambini-Paris
Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord
Paris
J U N
5
June 5, 2018
Complete Haydn Project
Quatuor Cambini-Paris
Théâtre de Caen
J U N
6
June 6, 2018
Trio iXi
Udine, Italy
J U N
10
June 10, 2018
Emotional Landscapes
Le Sonart
Château de la Roche Guyon
J U N
14
June 14, 2018
Création Trio iXi, M. Rabbia, J.Bang & E.Aarset
Triton, Les Lilas

The Forqueray CD has been awarded "5 de diapason" (March, 2016) from the Diapason magazine.
« Atsushi Sakai retrouve ici Christophe Rousset et aborde ces pièces avec la hauteur de vue qu’autorise une technique éblouissante. On est étonné par le mélange d’assurance souveraine et d’intense émotion qui colore certains pages. »