Tatsuo Sasaki
Principal Timpani


Hometown:
Okayama, Japan

Age when you began playing your instrument?
Timpani at 18, started playing marimba at 7

Year joined SDSO:
1973

Schools/degrees:
BM Tokyo University of Fine arts and Music,
Juilliard School of Music

What other orchestras have you been a member of?
American Symphony
Israel Philharmonic
Japan Philharmonic
Orquestra Sinfonica de Brazileiro

I was a Fulbright Exchange Student to Juilliard and studied timpani
with Saul Goodman, the timpanist with the New York Philharmonic.
I played with many world class conductors including Stokowski, Mehta,
Bernstein, Maazel, Abbado, Ozawa, and H. von Karajan.
As a substitute musician I played with Berlin Philharmonic, NHK
Philharmonic, Tokyo Symphony, and Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony.
I was often featured as a xylophone soloist with Orquestra Sinfonica
de Brazileiro, San Diego Symphony, and Glendale Symphony.
My CD was released from Musical Heritage Society in New Jersey
and my name is listed on Who's Who in America and Who's Who
in the World.

Hobbies:
Movies, reading, playing internet Shogi (Japanese chess)

Do you teach?
Yes

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