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Review: Childhood Tales – Isata Kanneh-Mason, Piano

Azusa Ueno - June 5, 2023March 1, 2026

Isata Kanneh-Mason presents music about youth by Mozart, Schumann, Debussy, and Dohnányi, inspired by her own childhood memories.

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Double Review: Violin Concertos by Bruch, Britten & Price – Goosby, Leong

Azusa Ueno - May 30, 2023March 13, 2026

A double review of Max Bruch’s Violin Concerto by Randall Goosby with the Philadelphia Orchestra under Nézet-Séguin, and Kerson Leong with Philharmonia under Hahn.

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Review: Fantasie – Alexander Melnikov

Azusa Ueno - May 12, 2023February 28, 2026

Alexander Melnikov’s explores music from the Baroque to the 20th century on 7 different instruments.

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Review: Steve Reich – Music for 18 Musicians – Colin Currie Group

Azusa Ueno - May 5, 2023February 28, 2026

The Colin Currie Group and Synergy Vocals on a new recording of Steve Reich’s Music for 18 Musicians (1976).

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Review: Maria Mater Meretrix – Anna Prohaska, Patricia Koparchinskaja

Azusa Ueno - April 27, 2023February 28, 2026

Anna Prohaska, Patricia Koparchinskaja, and the Camerata Bern present a millennia’s worth of music from Hildegard von Bingen to George Crumb

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Review: Mozart – Quintets – Quatuor Ébène

Azusa Ueno - April 20, 2023February 28, 2026

Quatuor Ébène’s new release with violist Antoine Tamestit marks a return to Mozart, with the K. 515 and 516 String Quintets.

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Review: Chopin – Rafał Blechacz, Piano

Azusa Ueno - April 4, 2023February 28, 2026

Pianist Rafał Blechacz presents an all-Chopin disc featuring two sonatas, the Barcarolle, and a nocturne.

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Review: Schumann & Brahms – Benjamin Grosvenor, Piano

Azusa Ueno - March 28, 2023February 28, 2026

Benjamin Grosvenor continues to explore composers of the Romantic era, this time with works by Clara and Robert Schumann and Johannes Brahms.

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Review: Rachmaninoff – Symphony No. 2 – Sinfonia of London, Wilson

Azusa Ueno - April 13, 2023February 28, 2026

John Wilson and the Sinfonia of London’s second installment in their Rachmaninoff series features Symphony No. 2 and the C-sharp minor Prelude (arr. Stokowski).

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Review: The American Project – Yuja Wang, Piano

Azusa Ueno - March 20, 2023February 28, 2026

Yuja Wang performs Teddy Abram’s jazz-inspired Piano Concerto with the Louisville Symphony along with a solo work by Michael Tilson Thomas.

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Azusa Ueno

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Dr. Azusa Ueno has a twenty-five-year career as a classical pianist. She has made concert appearances in New York City, Los Angeles, Connecticut, New Jersey, and internationally in Japan and the Czech Republic. Azusa attended the Manhattan School of Music, the Juilliard School, and Yale University. Her doctoral dissertation, an analysis of the life and works of American composer Charles Tomlinson Griffes, combined the disciplines of psychology and music. A sought-after lecturer, she has presented on Griffes, the piano works of Chopin and Debussy, and the history of 20th-century American music. Azusa is also an avid collaborative pianist and has performed the complete Schubert song cycles.

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