After an out-of-the-ordinary year 2020, we were all excited for 2021 and fulfilled with the hope to finally complete our plans we had for the big Beethoven celebration. Even though we had to make some change of plans due to restrictions, the experience of the two day celebration over 32 piano Sonatas exceeded everyone's expectation. It was a memorable way [...]
On Novemeber 6th Mari Kodama will play Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 2 B-flat major op. 19 with the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Krzysztof Urbański at the MUZA Kawasaki Symphony Hall. 6 November 2021, 2 p.m., MUZA Kawasaki Symphony Hall Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, Krzysztof Urbański Mozart: Magic flute overture Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.2 [...]
Mari Kodama, Kent Nagano, and the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin premiered Rodolphe Bruneau-Boulmier’s piano concerto Terra Nostra at the Philharmonie Berlin on 17 October 2021. The whole program also includes works by Hector Berlioz as well as Richard Strauss. The concert was broadcasted on Deutschlandfunk Kultur and can be listened to here. More about the program [...]
On 9 and 10 October Musical Days Production presents the Beethoven Marathon "A Portrait of BEETHOVEN: 32 Sonatas for piano". Led by pianist Mari Kodama and conductor Kent Nagano, the four-concert festival features world class performers in a celebration of Beethoven's 250th birthday. The festival presents Beethoven's 32 piano sonatas chronologically, inviting attendees to experience [...]
After being postponed due to the situation Mari Kodama and Kent Nagano are very happy to announce "A Portrait of BEETHOVEN: 32 Sonatas for Piano" Mari Kodama and 17 world-class performers will present all 32 Beethoven Piano Sonatas in 4 performances over 2 days. The festival, under the artistic direction of Mari Kodama and Kent [...]
Mari Kodama will give two concerts in Hamburg in honor of Alfred Brendel, whose master student she was. The entire concert cycle will kick off on 3 September at Hamburg’s Curio-Haus with a concert featuring the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra under Kent Nagano, performing Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 7 for three pianos and orchestra with [...]
On 30 and 31 August Mari Kodama will play Beethoven Piano Concert No. 0 with the Stadttheater Bremerhaven under the baton of Marc Niemann. When Ludwig was still called Louis van Beethoven, he wrote his Piano Concerto in E-flat Major WoO4 at the age of 14, today called Piano Concerto No. 0. Mari Kodama has [...]
Mari Kodama, together with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin under Kent Nagano, will play Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4 at Ravello Villa Rufolo Festival on 1 July 2021 at 8 p.m. at Belvedere di Villa Rufolo. The whole program contains: Wagner: ›Siegfried-Idyll‹ Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 Schubert: Symphony No. 3 D major Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin [...]
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.