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Review: Schubert – Winterreise – Andrè Schuen, Daniel Heide

Azusa Ueno - May 27, 2024May 27, 2024

The third of Andrè Schuen, Daniel Heide’s Schubert series features Winterreise.

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Review: Laura van der Heijden – Cello Concertos by Walton, Bridge, Frances-Hoad

Azusa Ueno - June 13, 2024March 4, 2026

Laura van der Heijden perform three cello concertos by Sir William Walton, Frank Bridge, and Cheryl Frances-Hoad.

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Review: Mozart & Poulenc – Double & Triple Piano Concertos – Kodama, Nagano

Azusa Ueno - May 22, 2024March 4, 2026

Kent Nagano, his daughter Karin, wife Mari Kodama, and her sister Momo in double and triple piano concertos by Mozart and Poulenc.

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Review: Rachmaninoff – The Piano Concertos & Paganini Rhapsody – Pletnev, Nagano

Azusa Ueno - May 15, 2024March 4, 2026

Mikhail Pletnev and his newly formed ensemble in Rachmaninoff’s complete works for piano and orchestra.

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Review: Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 5, Dean – Piano Concerto – Jonathan Biss

Azusa Ueno - May 6, 2024March 4, 2026

Jonathan Biss embarks on a new Beethoven Piano Concertos cycle, accompanying each concerto with a contemporary piece.

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Review: “Four Hands” – Alexandre Tharaud

Azusa Ueno - April 26, 2024March 4, 2026

Pianist Alexandre Tharaud is joined by 22 pianists and musicians in works for piano four hands.

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Review: Mozart – The Sonata Project, Salzburg – Yundi, Piano

Azusa Ueno - April 15, 2024March 3, 2026

Yundi plays Mozart’s piano sonatas K. 310, 331 and 457, with the C Minor Fantasie, K. 475

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Review: Fauré – Complete Piano Music – Lucas Debargue

Azusa Ueno - April 3, 2024March 3, 2026

Lucas Debargue performs Gabriel Fauré’s entire piano music, on a Stephen Paulello “Opus 102” instrument.

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Review: Beethoven For Three – Symphony No. 4 and “Archduke” Trio – Ax, Kavakos, Ma

Azusa Ueno - March 25, 2024September 1, 2025

Emanuel Ax, Leonidas Kavakos, and Yo-Yo Ma in Shai Wosner’s arrangement of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 4 for piano trio. The group also performs the “Archduke” trio.

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Review: But Not My Soul – Price, Dvořák, Giddens – Ragazze Quartet

Azusa Ueno - March 20, 2024March 3, 2026

The Ragazze Quartet perform String Quartets by Price, Dvořák, and Giddens.

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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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