Mari Kodama’s Sonatenabend: Chopin, Ravel and Dutilleux at the 3rd Chopin Festival in Hamburg on 12 June 2021 was held virtually on YouTube. Program: Chopin: Sonata No. 2 b-minor op. 35 Grave; Doppio movimento | Scherzo | Marche funèbre: Lento | Finale. Presto Ravel: Sonatine pour piano Modéré | Mouvt de Menuet | Animé Dutilleux: [...]
Mari Kodama's album Kaleidoscope - Beethoven Transcriptions, released at Pentatone in April 2020 is one of BBC Music Magazine critic's best classical albums released in 2020. Read the full review here.
“Dear Ludwig, the world today would be so different without your music” Since early childhood, Beethoven’s music has played an important role in the life of the pianist Mari Kodama, she writes in her letter to the composer in the series “Letters to Beethoven” of Deutschlandfunk. Even after 40 years of engagement with his music, [...]
The COMPLETE Piano Sonatas & Concertos of Luwig van Beethoven by Mari Kodama with 32 Sonatas and 7 Concertos was released in Japan. It is a joint effort by King International, PENTATONE and Berlin Classics. More information in japanese can be found here.
Mari Kodama and Matt Haimovitz together will release the new album MON AMI, Mon amour of french repertoire for cello and piano with works from Poulenc, Fauré, Ravel, Debussy und Milhaud. This new CD will be released by PENTATONE on November 9th. […]