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Mao Fujita, born in 1998 in Tokyo. In 2019, he won second prize at the Tchaikovsky International Competition. I first saw Fujita in 2022 in Verbier, watching his performance of a Mozart concerto via streaming, and I could almost see Brendel in him. At that moment, I strongly felt that

As if thrown into space The ultimate world of space walking まるで宇宙に放り出されたような感覚。究極の宇宙遊泳世界を是非ご堪能下さい。 Karlheinz Stockhausen Improvisationen zu Stockhausens Tierkreis I Dominik Susteck Full Album

Wolfgang Rihm, An Obituary by Berliner Philharmoniker “Create sound events with a mind of their own.” “Music is always profoundly human.” “Even my fears, my anxieties and, of course, euphoria.” Rihm was a composer who was not afraid to show vulnerability within his creative process. ヴォルフガング・リーム、ベルリン フィルハーモニー管弦楽団による追悼記事 「独自の考えを持つサウンド

Music critic Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim, In her latest newsletter, mentioned, "Good listening, then, attends to the multi-layered nature of communication with a multi-stranded beam of attention. You might almost say: good listening is polyphonic." It’s easy to despair at the decline of listening in

"The stereotype is that competitions mint quick-fingered but mindless virtuosos, while the Gilmore rewards more mature, idiosyncratic artists. To win both the Tchaikovsky and the Gilmore suggests Kantorow has technical security as well as something to say." By Zachary Woolfe In 2019, at age 22, Alexandre Kantorow

Thanks to WQXR Program: RAMEAU: Suite in A Minor from Nouvelles suites de pièces de clavecin MOZART: Piano Sonata in F Major, K. 332 MENDELSSOHN: Variations sérieuses BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat Major, Op. 106, "Hammerklavier" Encores: GREEN: "I Cover the Waterfront" (after