Marie Toriu (Baroque violin) born in Osaka, Japan, currently
living in Brussels, Belgium. She received her Master diploma for the modern
violin at Toho Gakuen School of Music in Tokyo in 2013. In the same year, she
moved to Belgium to study with Phillippe Graffin at Koninklijk Conservatorium
Brussels, supported by the scholarship from the Belgian government, and she
obtained her Master diploma in 2015. Following her graduation, she focused on
playing the baroque violin under the guidance of François Fernandez, and Ryo
Terakado. In 2018, she received her Master diploma with honour “great
distinction” at Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussels. She has appeared in many
music festivals such as Oude Muziek Utrecht (Netherlands), the Festival Midis
Minimes (Belgium), the Festival Antiqua Torino (Italy) and Hokutopia
International Music Festival (Japan). Currently, she is performing not only in
Europe but also in Asia included Japan, Taiwan and China, and working with
numbers of ensembles such as il Gardelino, Bach Plus, Capriola di Gioia, Hildebrandt Consort, Formosa Baroque
orchestra, Orchestra Van Wassenaar, and AYAME Ensemble
Baroque. Homepage
Asami Sakimoto is a Japanese harpsichordist currently based
in the Netherlands. After studying musicology, she studied harpsichord at Tokyo
University of the Arts, where she obtained a master’s diploma, the Royal
Conservatoire in The Hague with a fellowship by Japanese government, and the
Royal Conservatoire in Brussels. In 2018 she completed the master’s degree
programme at LUCA School of Arts Campus Lemmens in Leuven with greatest
distinction. She studied harpsichord with Naoya Otsuka, Jacques Ogg, Patrick Ayrton
and Kris Verhelst. As a soloist and a basso continuo player of chamber music
ensembles and orchestras she is active in the Netherlands, Belgium and Japan.
She performs at various music festivals including the Utrecht Early Music
Festival and the Festival Midis-Minimes in Brussels. She gave a solo and
chamber music concert in Leuven in 2017 and a solo recital in Tokyo in 2018. Photo: Alexandra Bertels
