![]() ![]() Aizawa’s solo debut recording of Scriabin’s and Shostakovich’s “24 Preludes” was released by Altus in Japan, and her second album of Messiaen's and Faure's preludes is coming out in the upcoming season. ![]() Aizawa performed a series of all- Mozart recitals, a project which was jointly presented by WFMT-Chicago and PianoForte Chicago. She also had a project performing a Beethoven Piano Sonata cycle at Rutgers University in New Jersey. Aizawa gave her "Prism" series in Japan, with tributes to Beethoven, Brahms and Schumann, and specially commissioned works for each program by Akira Nishimura, Dan Coleman and Toshiro Saruya. Following her all-Beethoven program recital in Dresden, Germany, a reviewer wrote: "Her listeners followed her playing - full of details and delicate contrasts - breathlessly." Ms. Louis, Seattle, Boulder, Los Angeles, Houston, and Toronto at the Caramoor International Festival at Lincoln Center's Mostly Mozart Festival Ravinia Festival, and the Gilmore Keyboard Festival. Aizawa has been heard in many North American cities, including New York, Philadelphia, Washington DC, St. Aizawa's performance lent the work a respect it rarely receives." In the same year, she received the Washington Award.Īs a recitalist, Ms. Paul Chamber Orchestra conducted by Hans Graf "the Salieri Piano Concerto in C was played so splendidly by Rieko Aizawa. Paul Pioneer Press described her performance with the St. Aizawa also has a great interest in exploring unusual repertoire. Louis Symphony under David Loebel and a wonderfully received performance with the Vienna Chamber Orchestra. Paul Chamber Orchestra under Hugh Wolff, the Curtis Institute Orchestra with Peter Oundjian, the St. Highlights have included acclaimed performances with the New Japan Philharmonic under Seiji Ozawa, the English Chamber Orchestra under Heinz Holliger, the Festival Strings Lucerne in Switzerland under Rudolf Baumgartner, the St. She has since established her own unique musical voice. début concerts at the Kennedy Center and Carnegie Hall with his New York String Orchestra. Later that year, Schneider presented her in U.S. Aizawa as soloist with his Brandenburg Ensemble at the opening concerts of Tokyo's Casals Hall. Aizawa was brought to the attention of conductor Alexander Schneider on the recommendation of the pianist Mitsuko Uchida. Praised by the NY Times for an “impressive musicality, a crisp touch and expressive phrasing,” Japanese pianist Rieko Aizawa has performed throughout the U.S., Canada and Europe, including at New York City’s Lincoln Center, Boston's Symphony Hall, Chicago’s Orchestra Hall, Vienna’s Konzerthaus, and London’s Wigmore Hall.Īt the age of thirteen, Ms. ![]()
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