Profile of President and Representative Director, Sota Nakazawa

Born to a musical family – his father is a violin repairman and his mother is a violinist – and grew up being in contact with international musicians since small. Moved to U. K. to study at an international school while frequently visiting the main auction house Sotheby’s and Peter Biddulph Ltd., an internationally renowned connoisseur to see and touch celebrated instruments since he was in his teens. After graduating from Faculty of Foreign Studies at Sophia University, he entered Dentsu, where based on the experiences as a salesperson, he worked on many musical and cultural projects as a media planner. Became the representative director of Nippon Violin Co., Ltd. in 2014. Joined the study of Guarneri del Gesù, a celebrated violin, at the Research and Investigation Center in the Violin Museum of Cremona City, Italy in 2015. He has touched over 70 Stradivarii so far, including ones he dealt in. In 2018, he was the executive chairman and representative curator of “Tokyo Stradivarius Festival 2018” where 21 Stradivarii gathered at one place for the very first time in Asia and its main exhibition gathered about 13,000 visitors for 7 days, also gaining attention from over the world. Awarded Grand Prix in the category of Digital Craft in “Spikes Asia,” the largest creative festival in Asia, held in Singapore in 2019. Vice Chairman of Carnegie Hall Notables Japan.