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In 2022 Sebastian Jacot was appointed Principal Flute of the prestigious Berliner Philarmonic Orchestra. Until now, he has been covering the same position at the Gewandhaus Orchestra in Leipzig, and was described as “a flute rock star” after gaining this acclaimed role.
A unique artist of his genre, he has gained a reputation as one of the most brilliant flutists of his generation winning first prizes in the most highly regarded flute competitions across the world: Kobe International Flute Competition 2013, Carl Nielsen International Flute Competition 2014, Munich ARD Music Competition 2015.
Sébastian began developing his career performing as a soloist with orchestras such as the Bayerische Rundfunk Symphony Orchestra, the Munich Chamber Orchestra, Geneva Chamber Orchestra, Kansai Philharmonic Orchestra, Thai Philharmonic Orchestra, Mito Chamber Orchestra, Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Mannheim, Gstaad Menuhin Academy Orchestra, Osnabruck Theater Orchestra.
As an orchestral member he started in 2006, winning the position of assistant principal flute at the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, when he was only 19, and in 2008 he became member of the Saito Kinen Festival Orchestra.
After returning to Europe he deepened his knowledge of contemporary music, playing with the Ensemble Contrechamps, and began to freelance for Orchestre
Mozart, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Munich Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Berlin Konzerthaus Orchestra, NDR
Elbphilarmonie Orchestra. His orchestral work has taken him to venues across the world: Carnegie Hall, Musikverein, Suntory Hall, KKL Luzern, Concertgebouw, Philarmonie Berlin, Royal Albert Hall for the BBC Proms, Philharmonie de Paris and many others.
Sébastian has always loved to be part of an orchestra, which he considers a musical “home”, a place and moment where “all become one”, enjoying working with conductors of excellence such as: Seiji Ozawa, Andris Nelsons, Riccardo
Chailly, Claudio Abbado, Fabio Luisi, Herbert Bloomstedt, Semyon Bychkov, Simon Rattle, Heinz Holliger, Marin Alsop, Gustavo Dudamel, Zubin Metha, Bernard Haitink, Daniel Harding.
Apart from his orchestral experience Sébastian regularly gives solo recitals, and explores a wide range of chamber music repertoire together with other artists.
Most recently he has performed for the Suntory Hall Chamber Music Garden with artists such as Naoko Yoshino (harp), Hakuro Mori (cello), Shigeo Neriki (piano), Makoto Yoshida (clarinet), Kei Shirai (violin), Haruma Sato (cello), Ayako Tahara (viola). His other chamber music partners include: Agnès Clément, Philippe Tondre, Axel
Benoit, Nobuko Imai, Lucas Buclin, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Romain Guyot.
A significant part of his life is dedicated to teaching and holding Masterclasses,
enthusiastically passing on professional and personal skills with passion and instinct. Between 2020 and 2022 Sebastian has been teaching at the University of the Arts Bremen.
He's often called as a jury member for various competitions including: Cluj International Music Competition, Singapore Flute Festival, Tampere Flute Fest and Conservatoire de Genève.
The flute fills up most of Sébastian's time, but he likes to be considered a fully rounded artist, having acquired a diploma in saxophone, and also being an iceskating champion and acrobat, which developed his conviction that body and
mind are intrinsically united in any performance art.
He participated as a dancer, acrobat and musician in the 1001 Lives project by choreographer Juliette Rahon.
This interest in physical activities, acrobatics and sports, comes from his childhood. As the eldest of six children who also became professional musicians, he still develops projects with them, combining circus skills and music.
Sébastian Jacot plays a rare wooden Haynes from 1999 and a 14k Parmenon.

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With an innate musical sensitivity and naturalness to his artistry, 21-year old pianist Mao Fujita has already impressed many leading musicians as one of those special talents which come along only rarely, equally at home in Mozart as the major romantic repertoire.
Born in Tokyo, Fujita was still studying at the Tokyo College of Music in 2017 when he took First Prize at the prestigious Concours International de Piano Clara Haskil in Switzerland, along with the Audience Award, Prix Modern Times, and the Prix Coup de Coeur, which first brought him to the attention of the international music community. He was also the Silver Medalist at the 2019 Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow where his special musical qualities received exceptional attention from the jury of leading musicians as well as Valery Gergiev who has invited him on a number of international tours since.
Fujita has been invited to appear in recital at the Klavier-Festival Ruhr, at Verbier Festival as Academy Musician, and in the New Generation series at the Louis Vuitton Foundation. Orchestral highlights include his London debut with Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky Orchestra in 2019, and performances with top Japanese orchestras such as the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, and the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra. In Tokyo in 2019, he jumped in a two days’ notice to perform the Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No.2 with the Mariinsky Orchestra and Valery Gergiev to rapturous acclaim.
Fujita’s breathtaking performance at the Tchaikovsky Competition in particular has earned invitations at the very highest level worldwide, and the 2020/21 season will see him make his debuts with the Munich Philharmonic, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, and City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestras under the baton of some of the world’s most prestigious conductors such as Gergiev, Petrenko and Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla. In recital, Fujita appears at London’s Wigmore Hall, Schloss Elmau and next summer’s Verbier Festival where he will perform a complete cycle of the Mozart piano sonatas. He will also make his debut at the Tsinandali and Riga-Jurmala Festivals in 2021.
Starting piano lessons at the age of three, Fujita won his first international prize in 2010 at the World Classic in Taiwan, and became a laureate of numerous national and international competitions such as the Rosario Marciano International Piano Competition in Vienna (2013), Zhuhai International Mozart Competition for Young Musicians (2015), and the Gina Bachauer International Young Artists Piano Competition (2016).
Mao Fujita is moving to Berlin for further studies with Kirill Gerstein.

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