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Review: Jake Heggie – “Unexpected Shadows” – Jamie Barton, Mezzo-Soprano

Azusa Ueno - October 18, 2020February 11, 2026

Mezzo Soprano Jamie Barton sings songs by contemporary composer Jake Heggie, who accompanies from the piano.

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Review: “Anima Rara” – Ermonela Jaho, Soprano

Azusa Ueno - October 12, 2020February 10, 2026

Soprano Ermonela Jaho performs opera arias by Puccini, Verdi, Mascagni, Massenet and Leoncavallo with the Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana and Andrea Battistoni.

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Review: Niklas Sivelöv – Piano Concertos – Composer, Malmö Symphony Orchestra

Azusa Ueno - October 5, 2020February 10, 2026

Niklas Sivelöv performs three of his own Piano Concertos, with the Malmö Symphony Orchestra.

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Review: Chanson d’Amour – Sabine Devieilhe, Alexandre Tharaud

Azusa Ueno - September 28, 2020February 8, 2026

Soprano Sabine Devieilhe and pianist Alexandre Tharaud in a program of French songs by Debussy, Ravel, Faure and Poulenc.

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Review: Regula Mühlemann, Soprano – Mozart Arias II

Azusa Ueno - September 24, 2020February 8, 2026

Soprano Regula Mühlemann in her second album of Mozart’s arias, with the Kammerorchester Basel under Umberto Benedetti Michelangeli.

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Review: Mozart – Piano Concertos No. 19 and 27 – Piemontesi, Manze

Azusa Ueno - September 16, 2020February 8, 2026

Francesco Piemontesi, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Andrew Manze in the second volume of their Mozart Piano Concertos series for Linn records.

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Review: Rachmaninoff – Préludes, Études-Tableaux, Moments Musicaux – Sergei Babayan

Azusa Ueno - September 2, 2020February 7, 2026

In his first solo release for Deutsche Grammophon, Sergei Babayan performs a selection of Préludes, Études-Tableaux and Moments Musicaux by Rachmaninoff.

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Review: Ethel Smyth – “The Prison” – Burton, Brailey, Experiential Orchestra, Blachly

Azusa Ueno - August 27, 2020February 7, 2026

A premiere recording of Dame Ethel Smyth’s “The Prison” – With Dashon Burton, Sarah Brailey, and the Experiential Orchestra under James Blachly.

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Review: Brahms – Symphony No. 4 – Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Dausgaard

Azusa Ueno - August 19, 2020February 7, 2026

Thomas Dausgaard and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra perform Brahms’ Symphony No.4, with the Tragic Overture and a new arrangement of nine Hungarian Dances.

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Review: Brahms – Cello Sonatas – Müller-Schott, Piemontesi

Azusa Ueno - August 12, 2020February 7, 2026

Daniel Müller-Schott and Francesco Piemontesi perform the two Cello Sonatas by Brahms, together with a cello transcription of the second Violin 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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