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Review: Beethoven – Diabelli Variations – Mitsuko Uchida, Piano

Azusa Ueno - April 26, 2022February 26, 2026

Pianist Mitsuko Uchida performs Beethoven’s Diabelli Variations.

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Review: This Be Her Verse – Golda Schultz, Soprano

Azusa Ueno - April 19, 2022February 26, 2026

Soprano Golda Schultz explores the female voice across time and perspective in a feature of works by Clara Schumann, Nadia Boulanger and others.

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Review: Sibelius and Nielsen – Violin Concertos – Johan Dalene

Azusa Ueno - April 12, 2022November 12, 2025

Following up on his 2020 debut, Johan Dalene collaborates with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic in a new 2022 recording of concertos by Sibelius and Nielsen.

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Review: Saint-Saëns – Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 – Alexandre Kantorow

Azusa Ueno - April 1, 2022February 25, 2026

In a new 2022 release, Alexandre Kantorow and father Jean-Jacques complete their Saint-Saëns piano concerto cycle with a performance of Nos. 1 and 2.

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Review: Rhapsody – Martin James Bartlett, London Philharmonic Orchestra

Azusa Ueno - March 23, 2022February 25, 2026

Martin James Bartlett, 2014 BBC Young Musician of the Year, performs with the London Philharmonic Orchestra two best-loved works by Rachmaninoff and Gershwin.

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Review: Made for Opera – Nadine Sierra, Soprano

Azusa Ueno - March 14, 2022February 25, 2026

Nadine Sierra’s new release with the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai presents three iconic heroines from operas by Verdi, Donizetti, and Gounod.

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Review: Schubert – Winterreise – Benjamin Appl, James Baillieu

Azusa Ueno - March 7, 2022February 25, 2026

Baritone Benjamin Appl and pianist James Baillieu perform a hallmark of the Romantic lied cycle, Schubert’s Winterreise.

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Review: African Pianism – Rebeca Omordia, Piano

Azusa Ueno - March 3, 2022February 25, 2026

Pianist Rebeca Omordia performs a selection of vibrant works by African composers from Nigeria, Ghana, Morocco, and South Africa.

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Review: Pergolesi – Stabat Mater – Jodie Devos, Adèle Charvet, Julien Chauvin

Azusa Ueno - February 21, 2022February 25, 2026

Julien Chauvin and Le Concert de la Loge perform Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, and Haydn’s Symphony No. 49, “La Passione.”

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Review: Ivo Pogorelich Plays Chopin (2022)

Azusa Ueno - February 14, 2022February 25, 2026

Ivo Pogorelich releases his first Chopin album in over two decades with works he’s never recorded before, including the Fantaisie and B minor Sonata.

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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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