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伊藤悠貴

15歳で渡英。ブラームス国際コンクール第1位、ウィンザー祝祭国際弦楽コンクール第1位、齋藤秀雄メモリアル基金賞など受賞歴多数。名門フィルハーモニア管弦楽団との共演デビュー以来、ウィグモア・ホール、ロイヤル・フェスティバル・ホール、シュレスヴィヒ＝ホルシュタイン音楽祭、ミラベル宮殿、サントリーホール、テジョン芸術センターなど十数ヵ国にわたる国際舞台でリサイタルや国内外の著名オーケストラと共演を重ねる。『ラフマニノフ：チェロ作品全集』 でワールドワイドCDデビュー、ラフマニノフ生誕150周年には初著書『ラフマニノフ考―チェロ奏者から見たその音楽像―』を刊行し話題を呼んだ。世界中で愛奏されるチェロ協奏曲『カサノヴァ』の演奏は、作曲者である巨匠ヨハン・デ・メイより「私の理想を体現する最高のチェリスト」と絶賛され、氏指揮のもと委嘱・献呈作品『エレジーとスケルツォ』を含むチェロと管弦楽のための作品全集『Casanova』をリリース。「題名のない音楽会」「名曲アルバム」「news zero」「アド街ック天国」「クラシック倶楽部」「恋するクラシック」などメディア出演も多数。英国王室エドワード王子より直々に招待を受け御前演奏他、スロヴェニア・リュブリャナ音楽院などからマスタークラス講師として招かれ、2025年パリの登竜門・国際音楽コンクールFLAMEでは史上最年少審査員長を務めた。2026年4月4日横浜みなとみらいホールにて、バッハ無伴奏チェロ組曲全曲演奏会を開催予定。

Yuki Ito (cellist, conductor, author)

Yuki Ito won 1st prize at both the International Brahms Competition in 2010 and the UK’s most prestigious Windsor Festival International String Competition in 2011, which led him to commence an international career. Since his debut with the Philharmonia Orchestra, he has performed around the globe at such venues as Wigmore Hall, Royal Festival Hall, Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, Marmorsaal at Schloss Mirabell, Suntory Hall in Japan and Daejeon Arts Center in Korea, as soloist with esteemed orchestras and to give recitals, as well as a private recital personally invited by HRH the Prince Edward of the UK. His performances have been internationally hailed by important critiques as “Sensational…His rubato is refined and intelligently complements the underlying harmonic movement” (Strad Magazine, UK), “Extraordinarily poetic accompanied by a wonderful singing tone” (Ensemble Magazine, Germany), “Ito plays with notable maturity and taste” (American Record Guide, USA). Amongst many distinguished artists with whom he has collaborated, including Vladimir Ashkenazy, Julian Lloyd Webber, Xavier de Maistre and Svetlana Zakharova, he has established profound musical relationship with the world-renowned composer/conductor Johan de Meij, having a new work for cello and orchestra “Elegy & Scherzo – A Tribute to Sergei Rachmaninoff“ written for him and performing together on global scenes including the world-wide album “Casanova” (Complete Works for Cello and Orchestra). His performing career has always been imbued with Rachmaninoff’s music – having released his world-wide debut album “Rachmaninoff : Complete Cello Works” in 2012, he internationally gave “All Rachmaninoff” recitals every year towards the composer’s 150th birth anniversary in 2023, which was complemented by publishing his first book: a monograph “Thoughts on Rachmaninoff”. As conductor Yuki Ito made his conducting debut at London’s St Martin-in-the-Fields in 2013, and in 2016 he led the initial Japan tour of Camerata Luanda from Republic of Angola to success, a historical event which marked the first tour in Japan ever by an African orchestra. In recent years he has been invited to give masterclass by conservatoires such as Ljubljana Academy of Music, Slovenia, and in 2025 he served as the youngest chairman of the jury at International Music Competition “FLAME” in Paris. He was awarded the “Hideo Saito Memorial Award” in 2019, one of the most honourable music awards in Japan, for his service to music.