RYU GOTO’s profile
Ryu Goto has established himself as a significant voice
in classical music, with a large and growing public in Asia, North
America and Europe. Ryu’s career began at age seven when he made his
debut at the Pacific Music Festival in Sapporo, Japan, playing
Paganini’s Violin Concerto No.1. Since then, Ryu has appeared as a
soloist with many of the world’s leading orchestras, ensembles including
National Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic, Münchner
Philharmoniker, Wiener Symphoniker, Sydney Symphony, Orchestre national
de Lyon, Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Hamburger Symphoniker and
Shanghai Symphony Orchestra. He has worked with conductors including
Lorin Maazel, Tan Dun, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Fabio Luisi, Leonard Slatkin,
Kent Nagano, Myung-Whun Chung and Jonathan Nott. Ryu has already
performed in such prestigious venues as Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center,
Tokyo Suntory Hall, Sydney Opera House, Shanghai Grand Theater, Taipei
National Concert Hall, Vienna Musikverein, Munich’s Herkulessaal and the
Philharmonic Hall Gasteig.
In 2015-2016 season, Ryu will make his debuts with the
hr-Sinfonieorchester (Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra) with Andrés
Orozco-Estrada, as well as the Philadelphia Orchestra with Yannick
Nézet-Séguin. In addition, Ryu’s 6th album which includes Beethoven’s
Kreutzer Sonata and Franck Sonata is released in April 2015.
Ryu’s philanthropic work includes working with student
musicians throughout the world, mentoring their development, conducting
master classes in conjunction with the world’s top institutions. Efforts
include the “Ryu Goto Excellence In Music Initiative Scholarship” with
the NYC Department of Education, as well as collaborations with
institutions like the Juilliard School and the Harvard Bach Society
Orchestra. He does extensive musical outreach and cultural exchange in
developing countries in Latin America, Southeast Asia and Africa.
Ryu’s features in media are numerous including his own
documentary “Ryu Goto’s Odyssey”, a chronicle of his career and personal
life from 1996-2006. He is endorsed by airweave and also serves
as spokesperson for the East Japan Railway Company with regular coverage
on TV, radio and in print. In October 2015, he will start to appear as
the host of a weekly television classical music program entitled
“Untitled Concert” that is listed in Guinness World Records as “the
longest-running TV program for classical music”.
Ryu records for Deutsche Grammophon in collaboration with
Universal Classics Japan. In May 2011 he graduated from Harvard
University with a BA in Physics and is currently studying the violin
with Prof. Ana Chumachenco. He is a member of US-Japan Council, and has
accepted an award from the Japanese American Bar Association as a
Japanese-American leader. He holds a 3rd degree black belt from the
Japan Karate Association. http://www.ryugoto.com/
▼Brahms / Violin Concerto in D
major, Op.77
1)https://youtu.be/hI8MmgsBQ54
2)https://youtu.be/tdGO4N5DWPY
▼Others
1)https://youtu.be/iGdQsWL9QcY
2)https://youtu.be/QAud7lp3Xi0
3)https://youtu.be/e43zYP_27tc
4)https://youtu.be/CODCmazZkdQ
5)https://youtu.be/uWHWmRB-jnk
▼ He debuted at 7 years old
1)https://youtu.be/BxjGZeK3Yzo
For tickets please contact the Cairo Opera House.