For Presenters – Takahiko Sakamaki

For concert presenters, festivals, universities, music schools and the press: biography, photos, programme examples and contact – all in one place.

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At a glance

InstrumentsModern piano, fortepiano (Viennese and English action), harpsichord, clavichord
PositionsHouse pianist, Beethoven-Haus Bonn · Lecturer, Institute of Early Music, University of Music and Dance Cologne · Teacher of piano and early music, Jugendmusikschule Heinsberg
EducationTwo Master’s degrees (Piano Solo and Fortepiano), University of Music and Dance Cologne – both with the highest grade, awarded unanimously
Awards2nd prize and Beethoven-Haus Prize, international competition “Beethoven in his Time” (with Trio Alterna), and further international piano prizes
RecordingBeethoven: Piano Trios – Trio Alterna (GENUIN 2023, with the Beethoven-Haus Bonn and WDR)
TeachingAll 21 students entered in “Jugend musiziert” (Germany’s national youth music competition) 2026 (regional round) received awards, ten of them first prizes · juror and Step adviser for PTNA (Japan)
LanguagesJapanese, German, English (courses in German or Japanese)

Programme examples

A selection of programmes from recent seasons. Each can be adapted to the instrument, length and theme of your event; many are available as concerts with spoken introductions.

Beethoven and his contemporaries

Fortepiano or piano
Beethoven sonatas alongside works by Clementi, Ludwig Berger, Krufft, W. F. Bach and Mendelssohn.

J. S. Bach: the 30 Inventions and Sinfonias

Clavichord, harpsichord or piano
Complete performance – or a lecture-recital on analysis and performance practice.

Romanticism & tone colours

Piano or 19th-century instruments (Pleyel, Érard, Broadwood)
Chopin, Clara Schumann, Beethoven op. 110, Liszt, Brahms op. 119 and more.

400 years of keyboards

Harpsichord, clavichord, fortepiano and piano
From Froberger, Louis Couperin and Purcell to Bach, Mozart and Chopin – an introduced concert comparing the instruments.

Trio Alterna (piano trio)

Piano trio on period instruments
Beethoven op. 11 and op. 70 · Fanny Hensel and Mendelssohn · Brahms and Dvořák · Humperdinck (world premiere) and more.

Seminars & master classes

For teachers, students and amateurs
Reading and playing Baroque scores, analysis of Bach’s Inventions, Classical performance practice, competition repertoire, public lessons.

Biography for programmes

Short biography (approx. 80 words)

Born in Yokohama and based in Germany, Takahiko Sakamaki is a keyboard player equally at home on the piano, fortepiano, harpsichord and clavichord. He completed two Master’s degrees – Piano Solo and Fortepiano – at the University of Music and Dance Cologne, both with the highest grade, awarded unanimously. He is house pianist at the Beethoven-Haus Bonn and lecturer at the Institute of Early Music in Cologne. As fortepianist of Trio Alterna, he won 2nd prize and the Beethoven-Haus Prize at the international competition “Beethoven in his Time”.