Junichi Sato is a saxophonist, researcher and educator in Japan. He earned his doctor's degree (PhD) in music at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music and became the first PhD in the area of Saxophone in Japan. He specializes in Luciano Berio and contemporary music. He plays an active part in the field of contemporary music and receives a high evaluation. Sato is both, a player and a researcher. He has written a lot of papers on P. Boulez, L. Berio, Debussy, etc. and he regularly publishes articles in magazines. He often holds masterclasses, concerts and lectures at the CNSM de Paris, Manhattan School of Music (in New York) and National Taiwan University of Arts. Sato is the only person of the academic tenure specialized in the Saxophone in a Japanese national university.
