23-year old Japanese-American violinist Ryu Goto is an accomplished violinist with a large and growing fan base in Asia, North America and Europe. Ryu’s career as a professional artist was launched at the age of seven, when he made his debut at Sapporo, Japan’s Pacific Music Festival, playing Paganini’s Violin Concerto No. 1. Since then, He has appeared as a soloist with the world’s top orchestras including the National Symphony Orchestra (USA), London Philharmonic, Symphonica Toscanini, Weiner Symphoniker, Vancouver Symphony, European Union Youth Orchestra and the Shanghai Philharmonic. He has collaborated or worked with ensembles and conductors that include Tan Dun, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Lorin Maazel, Myung-Whun Chung, Gerard Schwarz, Fabio Luisi, Rossen Milanov, Yutaka Sado, Jonathan Nott, Yip Wing-sie, Mischa Maisky and The Chung Trio.

 

He has played to audiences at venues that include Carnegie Hall, Tokyo Suntory Hall, Shanghai Symphony Hall, Taiwan’s National Concert Hall, Kyoto Concert Hall, Munich Herkulessaal, and Vienna’s Musikverein. He also initiated the Excellence In Music partnership with the New York City Department Of Education—a far-reaching program designed to foster music appreciation and development in New York City's students.

 

Goto records for Deutsche Grammophon/Universal Classics Japan and plays the 1722 Stradivarius violin known as the 'Jupiter,' on loan to him from Nippon Music Foundation. Ryu is currently a senior at Harvard, majoring in physics. He is also a Black Belt in Karate and enjoys playing guitar.