Biography

“Riveting, electric”

“Fun to watch”

David Wright, New York Times.

Award-winning pianist Sarah Infini Takagi has performed at Stern Auditorium Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center, 92Y, PBS Television with Leon Fleisher, Radio and internationally in Europe, Canada, and Japan.

 

Riveting, electric and powerful”; “Brilliant pianist . . . who exudes spirit, vehemence and power”.   Since making her debut with the orchestra at age 11, Sarah has performed numerous concerts in the U.S., Canada and Japan.

Nationally, Sarah has performed at the John F. Kennedy Center in Washington, D. C. and at Carnegie Hall in New York.  She has been invited to appear with Leon Fleisher as a soloist on the PBS show “Musical Encounter”, as well as on WGMS Radio’s “Spotlight Hour” broadcast.

In Boston, Sarah has played on the “Musique a Midi” series at the French Library, as a soloist on the Lexington Sinfonietta Subscription Series, and in frequent concerts at Jordan Hall.  Her concerto work includes appearances under the batons of BSO assistant conductors Carl St. Clair and Pascal Verrot, as well as Hisao Watanabe and Yoichi Udagawa. Dedicated to new works, she has premiered Leon Kirchner’s “Piece for Orchestra”, Koussevitsky-Prize winning composer Suguru Goto’s “Kinesta”, as well as a commissioned work by a noted female French composer, Florentine Mulsant.

Recording original music on the gorgeous Bosendorfer@Berklee for a metal band!

Recent Performance to a packed audience in Stern Auditorium Carnegie Hall for the 78th Gala United Nations with brilliant violinist Liang Chai, from China.

Sarah has also won many competitions, including the Beethoven Society Competition, Friday Morning Music Club competition, Bernard Jacknin Memorial competition, the Messiaen Competition, the Tourjee award at the New England Conservatory and the Janet Gates Peckham International Prize for Excellence.  She has been invited to play in the Contemporary Improvisation’s Messiaen Festival, and her recording of the works of Messiaen can be heard on WGBH.

Most recently, she was invited to perform at the 78th Anniversary Gala of the United Nations at the Stern Auditorium Carnegie Hall with one of the top violinists from China, Liang Chai this past December, 2023.

In the past several years, her emerging self has been most prominent as an improviser and composer. As an improviser, she has been performing locally at many different shows most notably with Energy Theater and Mystic Art shows. As a composer, her most recent work for solo piano, “Ocean Voices” was premiered at Roy Barnett hall, University of British Columbia as part of the Peter Wall Institute for planetary healing.