Mari Sato, violinist

Cavani String Quartet
Oberlin College & Conservatory of Music

 
 

Violinist Mari Sato has enjoyed a rich and varied career as a chamber musician based in Cleveland. For twenty-four years, she was the second violinist of the award-winning Cavani String Quartet. During her tenure with the Cavani Quartet, Mari gave concerts on major series, including Carnegie Hall, Corcoran Gallery of Art, and Festival de L’Epau in France. Formerly on faculty at the Cleveland Institute of Music 1995-2018, Mari Sato and her colleagues coached many outstanding young musicians including members of the Jupiter, Daedalus, Aeolus, Miró, Fry Street and Afiara Quartets, as well as members of the Cleveland, St. Paul, Minnesota, Chicago, Detroit, and New York Philharmonic Orchestras. Since 2018, Ms. Sato has worked with students at the Oberlin Conservatory and the MYCO chamber music program in North Carolina. She continues to play chamber music with her colleagues in CityMusic Cleveland, No Exit New Music Ensemble, Heights Arts, and the Bluestreak Ensemble.