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Review: Shostakovich – Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87 – Yulianna Avdeeva, Piano

Azusa Ueno - July 7, 2025July 7, 2025

Pianist Yulianna Avdeeva plays the complete set of Preludes and Fugues Op. 87 by Shostakovich.

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Review: Mendelssohn – A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Pablo Heras-Casado

Azusa Ueno - July 2, 2025July 2, 2025

Pablo Heras-Casado conducts the RIAS Kammerchor and the Freiburger Barockorchester in Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, played on period instruments.

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Review: “Somnia” – Denis Kozhukhin, Piano

Azusa Ueno - June 25, 2025June 25, 2025

Denis Kozhukhin plays Prokofiev’s Music For Children, Tchaikovsky’s Children’s Album, and Shor’s second piano sonata.

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Review: Mozart – Piano Sonatas, Vol. 3 – Angela Hewitt

Azusa Ueno - June 18, 2025June 18, 2025

The final volume of Angela Hewitt’s Mozart cycle, with the late piano sonatas and other works.

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Review: ‘L’extase’ – Debussy & Messiaen Songs – Magdalena Kožená, Mitsuko Uchida

Azusa Ueno - June 11, 2025June 11, 2025

Magdalena Kožená and Mitsuko Uchida perform songs by Debussy and Messiaen.

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Review: Chopin – Piano Sonatas No. 2 & 3 – Benjamin Grosvenor

Azusa Ueno - June 4, 2025June 4, 2025

Benjamin Grosvenor plays Chopin’s piano sonatas No. 2 & 3, the first Ballade, Berceuse and two Nocturnes.

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Review: Brahms – Lieder – Christian Gerhaher, Gerold Huber

Azusa Ueno - May 26, 2025July 31, 2025

Baritone Christian Gerhaher and pianist Gerold Huber in a Brahms Lieder program.

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Review: Scriabin – Vers la Flamme – Yevgeny Sudbin, Piano

Azusa Ueno - May 21, 2025May 21, 2025

Pianist Yevgeny Sudbin presents a Scriabin program, including Vers la flamme, piano sonatas No. 4 & 10, preludes and etudes.

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Review: Shostakovich – The Piano Concertos, Solo Works – Yuja Wang

Azusa Ueno - May 11, 2025May 12, 2025

Yuja Wang performs Shostakovich’s two piano concertos and solo works, with the Boston Symphony Orchestra under Andris Nelsons.

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Review: Mozart – Haffner-Akademie – Anna Prohaska, Ensemble Resonanz, Riccardo Minasi

Azusa Ueno - May 7, 2025May 7, 2025

Mozart’s opera arias and the Haffner symphony, performed by Soprano Anna Prohaska with Ensemble Resonanz under Riccardo Minasi.

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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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