Tadashi Sasaki learnt guitar with his father at a very early age and won the NHK Competition (Japanese State Radio) af the age of 13 for the fist time. In 1966 he went to Germany. He studied lute with Michael Schäffer at the University for Music Cologne. In working together with S. Behrend, N.Yepes and J.Tomas he completed his guitar studies. He has given several concerts in Europe and at many festivals including Tychy and Gdansk. He was the first Japanese to be a prize-winner in the International Competition in Paris 1968 (3rd prize). 1973-2016 he taught guitar and lute at the University for Music Cologne (location Aachen), becoming professor there in 1979. His most famous guitar students are Hubert Käppel, Burkhard Wolk,Thomas Müller-Pering, Ansgar Krause, Thomas Offermann. Since 1994 he is the artistic director of his own festival - the International Music Festival in Weikersheim, Germany. (2018)