Urara Katsuki
Cello
Blood type OPisces
Age started playing the instrument
3 years old
Favorite part of the instrument
How its sound gently envelops me.
Won First Prize in the Cello Division of the 86th Japan Music Competition of Japan as well as the Tokunaga and E. Nakamichi Awards while enrolled in the Soloist Diploma Course at Toho Gakuen School of Music. Won the Jury Prize (First Prize) in the “Tremplin jeunes talents” category at the Les Moments Musicaux du Tarn Competition. Made her recital debut at Kioi Hall in 2023. Expanded her activities to music festivals within Japan, including the Miyazaki International Music Festival and the Tokyo Spring Music Festival, as well as outside the country. Member of the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra and the Paris Orchestra Academy. Graduated from the Haute École de Musique de Lausanne and the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique in Paris with a second-cycle degree. Studied cello under the late Akira Kubota, Sumiko Kurata, Xavier Philipps, Emmanuelle Bertrand, and Louis Rodde. Core member of the Japan National Orchestra.
