Tomoki Sakata

He got lessons from Dmitri Bashkirov, Tamas Vasary and Paul Badura-Skoda.

He studied at the Tokyo University of the Arts and at the Lake Como International Piano Academy.

[1] He also studied with Arie Vardi at the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover where he received his bachelor's and master's degrees.

[2][3] In 2016, he won top prizes at the Franz Liszt International Piano Competition (Budapest).

In 2019, he won the 1st prize and the audience award at the Kissingen Piano Olympics.