“Nippon Music Foundation” has officially changed its name to
“Sasakawa Music Foundation”

The Sasakawa Music Foundation is pleased to announce the start of the following instrument loan to violinist Ms. Tsukushi Sasaki.

Instrument: Guarneri del Gesù 1736 Violin "Muntz"
Loan Category: C




Tsukushi Sasaki
Praised for her artistry and brilliance, Tsukushi Sasaki won First Prize at the 75th Prague Spring International Music Competition, becoming the second Japanese violinist in history to receive this honor. She also received the Prague City Prize, Czech Radio Prize, Bärenreiter Prize, and the Viktor Kalabis and Zuzana Růžičková Prize. Her victory was followed by a concerto debut at the 80th Prague Spring International Music Festival. In 2025, she also captured First Prize at the Mendelssohn Competition in Berlin.
She has been recognized with numerous awards, including Second Prize, the Audience Prize, and the Kuroyanagi Prize at the Japan Music Competition, as well as Second Prize at the Tokyo Music Competition. As a soloist, she has appeared with leading orchestras such as the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra, Geidai Philharmonia, Hof Symphony Orchestra (Germany), Prague Philharmonia, and the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra (Czech Republic).
Her principal teachers have included Sayoko Kawai, Hisao Kawakami, Mie Kobayashi, Takashi Shimizu, Natsumi Tamai, and Reiko Watanabe.
She has been a scholarship recipient of the Yamaha Music Foundation, the Rohm Music Foundation, and the Ezoe Memorial Recruit Foundation.
A graduate of the Tokyo University of the Arts, she received the Ataka Prize, the Ryohei Miyata Scholarship, and the Acanthus Music Award. She is currently pursuing her Master's studies at the Lübeck University of Music under Heime Müller, and since January 2025, she has joined the Karajan Academy of the Berlin Philharmonic.