2008 This year I have focused on recordings. I am currently half-way through recording 32 Beethoven Sonatas (a ten-CD collection) with Pentatone. [see August letter] January 11     Weiden, Germany : Max-Reger-Halle    Chopin Ballade Nr. 2 F-Dur    Takemitsu Litany No. 1    Rain Tree Sketch No. 2    Schumann Sonate Nr. 2 g-Moll    Bach Chromatische Fantasie und Fuge    Beethoven Sonate Op. 110 January 19     Sherbrooke, Canada    program to be announced February 14     Vienna, Austria : Schoenberg Center 10th Anniversary    Schoenberg: Five pieces for orchestra op. 16 (arranged for 2 pianos by A. Webern)    Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps (arranged for piano 4 hands)    Bach: Kontrapunkte BWV 1080    Marino Formenti, piano May 3-5     Tokyo, Japan    programs to be announced 2007 United States Charleston, NC: February 22 Beethoven Concerto No. 4 with the Charleston Symphony, David Stahl conducting Detroit, MI: March 22-24 Haydn Concerto with the Detroit Symphony, Mark Wigglesworth conducting San Francisco, CA: August 12-15 Musical Days at Forest Hill Asia Tokyo, Japan: March 15, 16 Schoenberg Concerto with the Japan Philharmonic Tokyo, Japan: May 3-6 Les Folles Journees Tokyo, Japan: June 7 Concert with the NHK Symphony Tateshina, Japan: June 9 Recital Europe Jena, Germany: January 10 Schostakovich Concerto No. 1 Amberg, Germany: March 10 All Beethoven recital Luedenscheid, Germany: June 3 All Beethoven recital Bad Kissingen, Germany: June 21-24 Festival Aix-en-Provence, France: August 5-7 La Roque d’Antheron    Sinfonia Varsovia, Peter Csaba    Mozart: Konzert für zwei Klaviere und Orchester Es-Dur KV 365    Momo Kodama, Klavier Lüdenscheid/Osnabrück, Germany: September 9-10 Osnabrücker Symphonieorchester    Prokofieff: Klavierkonzert Nr. 3 Lippstadt, Germany: October 7 Osnabrücker Symphonieorchester    Prokofieff: Klavierkonzert Nr. 3 Recordings Beethoven Sonatas, dates to be announced 2006 United States Forest Hills Musical Days in San Francisco Concerts with the Philharmonia Baroque in San Francisco, playing Beethoven Concerto No. 2 on Fortepiano for the first time Asia Completed 32 Beethoven Sonatas cycle in Tokyo and Nagoya Participated in "Les Folles Journees” in Tokyo Returned to Singapore for the first time in 10 years to play Beethoven Concerto No. 1 with Lan Shui Europe At the Baden Baden Festival, played three Beethoven Concerti in one evening with the Deutsche Symphonie Orchestra The Roque d’Antheron Fesetival in France Recordings Beethoven Concerti No’s 1, 2, and 3 Release of Beethoven Sonatas Op. 31, Nos 1, 2 and 3 info@marikodama.com