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Review: “Baroque Encores” – David Fray, Piano

Azusa Ueno - December 7, 2025December 7, 2025

David Fray in works by Bach, Handel, Rameau, Scarlatti and Couperin.

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Review: Chopin – Mazurkas, Vol. 1 – Ingrid Fliter

Azusa Ueno - October 2, 2025October 2, 2025

Ingrid fliter in the first volume of Chopin’s complete Mazurkas.

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Review: River of Music – The Kanneh-Masons

Azusa Ueno - September 21, 2025September 28, 2025

The Kanneh-Masons play Schubert’s “Trout” Quintet, with other works by Coleridge-Taylor, Handel, Elgar, Chopin and Dvořák.

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Review: Jonas Kaufmann & Helmut Deutsch in Schumann and Schubert

Azusa Ueno - September 17, 2025September 17, 2025

Jonas Kaufmann and Helmut Deutsch in Schumann’s Dichterliebe and Kerner-Lieder, with a bonus DVD featuring a staged production of Schubert’s Schwanengesang.

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Review: Bach – The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1 – Mahan Esfahani, Harpsichord

Azusa Ueno - September 8, 2025September 8, 2025

Mahan Esfahani plays the first book of Bach’s The Well-Tempered Clavier on the harpsichord.

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Review: Tchaikovsky – The Seasons – Yunchan Lim, Piano

Azusa Ueno - August 31, 2025August 31, 2025

Yunchan Lim plays Tchaikovsky’s The Seasons.

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Review: “Influences” – Mariam Batsashvili, Piano

Azusa Ueno - August 10, 2025August 11, 2025

Mariam Batsashvili plays piano sonatas by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and Liszt.

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Review: Messiaen – Turangalîla-Symphonie – Yuja Wang, Cécile Lartigau, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons

Azusa Ueno - August 4, 2025August 4, 2025

Yuja Wang, Cécile Lartigau, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra under Andris Nelsons perform Olivier Messiaen’s Turangalîla-Symphonie.

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Review: ‘Visitng Rachmaninoff’ – Alexander Melnikov, Julia Lezhneva

Azusa Ueno - July 23, 2025July 23, 2025

Pianist Alexander Melnikov and soprano Julia Lezhneva in a Rachmaninoff program, played on the composer’s own instrument.

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Review: Schubert – Piano Sonata D. 959, Moments Musicaux – Steven Osborne, Piano

Azusa Ueno - July 16, 2025July 16, 2025

Steven Osborne plays Schubert’s piano sonata D. 959, and Moments Musicaux, D. 780.

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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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