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Review: Korngold – Violin Concerto, Sextet – Haveron, Wilson

Azusa Ueno - April 15, 2020December 23, 2025

Violinist Andrew Haveron performs Korngold’s Violin Concerto with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra under John Wilson, with the Sextet Op. 10.

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Review: Barbara Hannigan – “La Passione”

Azusa Ueno - April 7, 2020December 17, 2025

Soprano Barbara Hannigan perform and conducts the Ludwig Orchestra in works by Nono, Haydn and Grisey.

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Review: César Franck – Piano Works – Nikolai Lugansky

Azusa Ueno - April 1, 2020December 17, 2025

Nikolai Lugansky perform all of César Franck’s famous works for piano, including the “Prélude, choral et fugue” and the “Prélude, aria et final”.

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Review: Grieg – Violin Sonatas – Hemsing, Trpčeski

Azusa Ueno - March 24, 2020December 16, 2025

Violinist Eldbjørg Hemsing and pianist Simon Trpčeski perform the complete Violin Sonatas by Edvard Grieg.

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Review: Mozart – Piano Concertos, Vol 5 – Bavouzet

Azusa Ueno - March 19, 2020December 16, 2025

In the fifth volume of Bavouzet’s Mozart Piano Concertos cycle for Chandos, Bavouzet player the early Concertos No. 5 to 9 (“Jeunehomme”).

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Review: Beethoven – Piano Trios – Renaud and Gautier Capuçon, Frank Braley

Azusa Ueno - March 9, 2020December 15, 2025

Renaud and Gautier Capuçon with pianist Frank Braley perform Beethoven’s “Ghost” and “Archduke” piano trios. (Erato, 2020).

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Review: “Italian Inspirations” – Alessio Bax, Piano

Azusa Ueno - March 4, 2020December 14, 2025

Pianist Alessio Bax presents a recital of pieces by Bach, Rachmaninov, Liszt and Dallapiccola, all influenced by Italian culture.

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Review: “Reine de Coeur” Hanna-Elisabeth Müller, Soprano

Azusa Ueno - February 20, 2020December 14, 2025

Soprano Hanna-Elisabeth Müller and pianist Juliane Ruf presents song cycles by Schumann, Poulenc and Zemlinsky.

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Review: Tchaikovsky, Barber Violin Concertos – Johan Dalene

Azusa Ueno - February 5, 2020November 12, 2025

On his debut recording for BIS, violinist Johan Dalene plays Tchaikovsky and Barber’s Violin Concertos with Norrköping Symphony Orchestra and Daniel Blendulf.

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Review: "Clytemnestra" – Ruby Hughes, Soprano

Azusa Ueno - January 22, 2020December 10, 2025

Ruby Hughes performs Mahler’s Rückert-Lieder, Berg’s Altenberg Lieder and Rhian Samuel’s “Clytemnestra” with BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Jac van Steen.

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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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