Shunsuke Sato, born 10 June 1984 in Tokyo, is a Japanese violinist. He began playing the violin at age two and moved to the United States at three. Sato's concert career started in 1997 when he won the Young Concert Artists first prize at age 12. He performed with notable orchestras including the Baltimore Symphony, Seattle Symphony, and NHK Symphony Orchestra. In 2005, Sato received a loan by Nippon Music Foundation and won the Idemitsu Music Award. From 2018 to 2023, he served as concertmaster and artistic director of the Netherlands Bach Society. His discography includes works such as Paganini: 24 Caprices (2009) and Johanne Sebastian Bach: Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin (2019).
