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03.01.12 Jun returns to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival at Music @100 Princes Street from the 18th until the 26th of August 2012. 14.11.11 Jun will be performing Dvorak's Cello Concerto in B minor with the City of Rochester Symphony under the direction of Peter Bassano at 7.30 on Saturday the 19th of November at Centre Theatre Chatham. 01.11.11 Jun returns to perform Schumann's Cello Concerto in A minor with the West London Sinfonia on the 4th of February 2012. 05.11.11 British cellist Jun Sasaki had a clear, ringing tone in Bach's First Cello Suite... his phrasing was silky and his intonation immaculate... there were few concessions to period practice in his performance - as shown by his rich tone..but his dance movements were sprightly and his vibrato effective, and not over-used. The Strad Nov 2011 06.09.11 Bach For Breakfast, Royal Overseas League, Princes Street Well Worth Waking Up For ★★★★★ The morning recital at the Royal Over-Seas Legion was exquisite and perhaps proves once and for all that there is a great deal of truth in the old housewives saying that ‘the early bird catches the worm.’ Despite their youth, both Jun Sasaki and Sean Shibe display a maturity beyond their years, truly connecting with the pieces and consequentially both delivering a wonderful performance. Both musicians aptly and elegantly demonstrated the beauty of their instruments.    First on stage was Sasaki, a magnificent young cellist performing Bach’s Suite No. 1. Sasaki remained the absolute picture of elegance throughout his performance, injectinga burst of life into the room, every note being made with either a quiet pride or a subtle melancholy.    This was followed by Shibe who retained the room’s acknowledgement of excellence, breaking interspersing Bach with a brief interlude of Mudarra’s Fantasia X111, the warm tones of his classical guitar highlighted to perfection. He then returned to Bach, performing Lute Suite No 2. Shibe retained a resounding sense of control over the music, seeming to instinctively understand when to hold back and when to play more passionately; the honeyed tones of the guitar permeating every inch of the room. The true mark of the almost entrancing performance was the audible fidgeting and expulsion of breath in the gaps between sections, as the audience are suddenly transported back into their everyday world. 28.07.11 Jun will be performing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival at Music @100 Princes Street on the 19th of August 16.03.11 Duo DixCordes will perform at the V&A museum on the 1st of July and also in the National Gallery as part of a new series in November. 15.03.11 Jun will be performing for the second year at the Young Virtuosi Festival in France in a series of four concerts between the 17th-22nd of July. 12.02.11 Jun will be appearing at the Wigmore Hall alongside Mari Poll -Violin (www.maripoll.com) and Josoph Houston on the 25th of May for McMillan's 14 Little Pictures. Duo DixCordes will also make an appearance at the Wigmore Hall on the 4th of July for the Royal College of Music String Showcase. 03.01.11 Concert Announcement : 13.01.11 - Haydn D major Concerto with Sinfonia Maestoso St Stephens Church, Gloucester Road, London 27.11.10 Review of 20.11.10, http://www.artsrichmond.org.uk/reviews.php The Richmond and Twickenham TIMES ".....this concerto is one of the most difficult works written for the Cello but was performed with consummate ease by Jun, with wonderful harmonics in the second movement, a brilliant exposition of the extended cadenza and virtuosic playing of the multitudinous notes in the final Allegro. The rapport between soloist and orchestra, essential to this work, was excellent,.... Jun is surely a rising star in the new generation of string players - an outstanding talent!" 27.10.10 The Amaryllis Fleming Quartet have been invited to perform several concerts at the HARMOS Festival in Porto, Portugal in March 2011 http://www.harmosfestival.com/ 25.09.10 Review of recital at Victor Hugo Festival with Angelique Lihou in Guernsey Press. "....a real showstopper, with both players clearly relishing and brilliantly executing the technical demands...a highly polished performance." 10.09.10 Solo Concert for the Prince of Wales Charity at Clarence House and St James Palace (September 14) 29.08.10 Tchaikovsky Rococo Variations with West London Sinfonia (December 4th) announced 20.08.10 Haydn D major Concerto with CLIC Sargent Orchestra (October 29t) at the Amarylis Fleming Hall announced 06.08.10 Concerts at St James Picadilly and the Royal Overseas House announced 02.06.10 Royal Overseas League Award presented by HRH Princess Alexandra at Queen Elizabeth Hall 06.05.10 Awarded scholarship from Martin Musical Scholarship Fund 10.04.10 Loaned c.1610 Amati from the Royal College of Music 16.02.10 String prize winner at the Royal Overseas League Competition - awarded £5000 http://www.maripoll.comhttp://www.artsrichmond.org.uk/reviews.phphttp://www.harmosfestival.comshapeimage_1_link_0shapeimage_1_link_1shapeimage_1_link_2