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 Asagi ITO is a Japanese saxophonist based in Brussels. She studied the saxophone at

the Tokyo National University of Fine arts and Music (Bachelor Degree) and the National

Conservatory of Paris (Master Degree). She has been granted a scholarship to study in

France from the Japanese Government Overseas Study Program for Artists.

She has distinguished herself in numerous international competitions, she has won the

4th prize of the 4th Jean-Marie Londeix international saxophone competition (2014), 2nd

prize of the Japan wind and percussion competition (2008) and 1st prize of the 3rd

Saxophone competition in Paris (2012) and was a finalist of the Adolphe Sax

international saxophone competition (France, l’Haÿ-les-Roses, 2012).

As an orchestral saxophonist she is highly in demand in Japan and Europe. She played

in orchestras like the Tokyo philharmonic orchestra, the Tokyo City Philharmonic

Orchestra, the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, the Hyogo Performing Arts Center

Orchestra, the Sendai philharmonic orchestra, the Brussels Philharmonic, the National

Opera “La Monnaie”, the Royal Flemish Philharmonic, the Ensemble Spectra, the

Ensemble Ictus, and the Aachen Symphony Orchestra (Germany). She has performed

recitals in Japan, China, Singapore, Thailand, Belgium, France, Sweden, etc.

She is a faculty of the Asia Pacific Saxophone Academy in Thailand, and she is the assistant teacher in the Royal Conservatory of Brussels (French side).