Auckland
Violin Lessons | Artist development, Ensemble Coaching
Bio
About Shauno:
Shauno is a New Zealand born and raised Japanese violinist/chamber musician. Soon after his graduation at the university of Auckland he quickly gained international attention through tours and invitations for concert performances in numerous countries over the globe and national tours under Chamber Music New Zealand. He is also the founding member and leader of the Mazzoli Trio.
Achievements:
He has had concerto appearances with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, the International Akaroa Music Festival Orchestra, and the University of Auckland Symphony Orchestra, the latter which he has also been the concertmaster of. He is a prize winner in competitions including the Salzburg Grand Prize Virtuoso International String Competition (Winner), 2014, 2015 and 2016 Chamber Music New Zealand Music Society Competition (Winner) , KBB/APO National Young Performers Competition (Winner), American Fine Arts Festival International Competition (Winner), University of Auckland Graduation Gala Concerto Competition (Winner), the Australian International Music Festival (Gold Award), Pettman Concerto Auckland Competition (Winner);etc. His International competition success has brought him invitations to perform in Austria & Italy in 2016 and the Weill Recital Hall – Carnegie Hall in 2017. He is also a recipient of the Dame Malvina Foundation Arts Excellence Award, the Carl Alberta Rosenfeldt Prize and the Birmingham Wallace Emerging Artists Prize.
Concert Tours:
His recent tours include the Tsunami Violin Concert Tour held in New Zealand which attracted a full house audience in the Auckland Town Hall Concert Chamber. This was a 100% charity concert tour presented by Shauno and older brother and pianist Kent Isomura, dedicated to the victims of the 2011 Japan Earthquake and Tsunami which featured an all Japanese composer programme. The tour in New Zealand was followed by tour in Japan which was held in Tokyo, Hokkaido, Yamada-machi, Naoshima, and in the Okayama Renaiss Hall where they performed a joint recital together with Hiroko Kondo – Concert Mistress of Okayama Philharmonic Orchestra.
Shauno has also toured with Chamber Music New Zealand in 2016 as the leader of the Pettman Quintet alongside the New Zealand String Quartet in the Quintessence tour and then in 2018 touring as the Mazzoli Trio. He was most recently engaged as an official residency artist at the Capital Normal University Conservatory of Music, South China Normal University School of Music and South China University of Technology School of Music, holding multiple seminars, workshops, masterclass, and performing recitals of music by Japanese, Chinese and New Zealand composers.
Collaborations and Premieres:
Shauno has great passion in contemporary music, and has made collaborations with numerous composers including Missy Mazzoli (USA), Elena Kats-Chernin (AUS), Michiru Oshima (Japan), Benyamin Nuss (GER), Gao Ping (CHN), World premiere of works by Yao Chen (China), Xu Tang (NZ), Noriyuki Iwadare (Japan) and New Zealand premieres of music by Japanese composers Yasushi Akutagawa, Akira Ifukube, Kuniyuki Takeuchi, Takayuki Hattori just to name a few.
He is currently working on a series of albums in collaboration with modern composers – including acclaimed American Missy Mazzoli of an album featuring a collection of her string quartet and trio works, as well as a 2nd duo album with German virtuoso pianist Benyamin Nuss featuring music by Japanese composer Yoshitaka Hirota. He is also working on Audial Landscapes which is a series of Sheet music and recordings of original compositions by Japanese composers.
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Notable non-classical performances:
A NEW WORLD -Intimate Music from FINAL FANTASY- in NZ (2018)
Concertmaster, Orchestral Manager
HUGH JACKMAN New Zealand Premiere Show in NZ (2019)
Concertmaster, Orchestral Manager
Notable non-classical releases:
Twelve Doors -Tribute to Noriyuki Iwadare- CD/Vinyl (2020)
Violinist, Planner, Concept Cover Art, Translator
Godshard Chronicles Original Soundtrack. Fragments (2023)
Lead Composer, Violinist, Translator, Translator, Layout and Design
Magical Neko Dungeon (2023)
Lead Composer, Violinist
Audial Landscapes No.1 -H.Asano- CD/Digital/Sheet Music (TBA)
Violinist, Planner, Translator, Layout and Design
Penny Blood (2025)
Violinist, Noise part
Link: The Unleashed Landscape_Restructured Heaven (2024)
Violinist, Strings Part Arranger
Timo Jaeger – Evolving Worlds / Heroes / Tell Me. Single/Digital (2023)
Violinist
GRANDIA Memorial Soundtrack CD/Vinyl (2020)
Translator
GRANDIA Complete Soundtrack CD/Vinyl (2020)
Translator
ACTRAISER Original / Symphonic Soundtrack CD/Vinyl (2021)
Translator
MEGALOBOX Original Soundtrack CD/Vinyl (2021)
Translator
METAL SLUG Series Complete Soundtrack CD/Vinyl (2022)
Translator
Teaching Info
I am able to teach from beginner to advanced.
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