Mari Kodama joins the Orchestra of the Transylvania State Philharmonic to perform Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G major under the baton of Gabriel Bebeșelea. The concert takes place on 8 May 2026 at the Academic College – Auditorium Maximum in Cluj, Romania. Later this month, Mari returns to Konzerthaus Blaibach on 22 May, following successful appearances [...]

Mari Kodama makes her debut at Lucerne Festival on 11 September at Ark Nova, LIdowiese with her sister Momo Kodama. The recital programmes includes Berber’s Souvenirs, Tchaikovsky’s Suite from Sleeping Beauty and world premiere of Caida sun gumbo by Rodolphe Bruneau-Boulmier. Later this month, Kodama returns to Muse & Piano at Louvre Lens on 27 September for a solo recital.

Mari Kodama makes her debut at Herrenchiemsee Festival in Germany on 23 July. She performs Mendelssohn’s Piano Concerto No.1 in the historic Spiegelsaal of Herrenchiemsee Palace with Orchester der KlangVerwaltung with conductor Kent Nagano.

Mari Kodama returns to Konzerthaus Blaibach on 22 June for her second series with all 32 Beethoven piano sonatas and new works written by Rodolphe Bruneau-Boulmier. The programme includes Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas Op.31, Op.27, Op.28, and Bruneau Boulmier’s Clear Moon After Tempest and world premiere of Kosmos. Earlier month, Kodama was one of the nine members of competition juries at The Cliburn Piano Competition in [...]

In 2025, Mari Kodama and Rebekka Hartmann embarked on an ambitious and artistically rich project in Seeshaupt, Germany. They presented a complete cycle of Ludwig van Beethoven’s sonatas for piano and violin. This series was uniquely interwoven with contemporary works by French composer Rodolphe Bruneau-Boulmier as a reflection and response to Beethoven. The performances are [...]

Mari Kodama joins Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra to perform Schoenberg Piano Concerto under the baton of Lawrence Foster. The concert takes place at The Academic College in Cluj, Romania on 15 November. Following the performance, Kodama performs Beethoven’s Triple Concerto with Würth Philharmonic, Kent Nagano and Veronika Eberle (violin) and Jan Vogler (cello). The performance is held on 17 [...]

Pianist Mari Kodama makes her concert debut with Le Cercle de l’Harmonie under the baton of their Music Director, Jeremie Rhorer, on 10 October at Les Invalides in Paris. She plays Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.1 on piano. Last month, Kodama released a selection of piano works by Bruckner from Pentatone to celebrate his bicentenary year with a collection of piano works, most of which are rarely heard.

Mari Kodama celebrates the Bruckner bicentenary year with a collection of piano works, most of which are rarely heard. While some of them, such as the Fantasie, Erinnerung and Stille Betrachtung, reveal the serious symphonist and church composer, the many dances included on this album illuminate a lighter side of the composer. In general, hearing [...]

Mari Kodama, Momo Kodama, Karin Kei Nagano and Kent Nagano present Double and Triple Piano Concertos by Mozart and Poulenc, together with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. This unique project highlights the musicality and congeniality of this extraordinary family of performers. On this album, the four members of the Nagano-Kodama family – Kent (husband), [...]

“A zone of ease by being yourself”: pianist Mari Kodama was interviewed by “Living the Classical Life”. In the interview she describes her life on stage and her studies with her legendary mentors Alfred Brendel and Tatyana Nikolayeva, as well as finding balance in life and on stage. “Living the Classical Life” is an award-winning [...]