Carnegie Hall Salutes Japan Society's 100th Year Anniversary with a Solo Concert by Renowned Pianist Mitsuko Uchida

For Immediate Release

Solo Recital on May 9 Features Bach, Schubert, Schumann, and Kurtág in Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage

**Ms. Uchida Returns to Carnegie Hall on May 17 for a Chamber Music Program of Liszt, Bartók, and Messiaen in Zankel Hall

Renowned pianist Mitsuko Uchida presents two performances at Carnegie Hall in May 2008. Ms. Uchida appears in recital on Friday, May 9 at 8:00 p.m. in Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, with repertoire to include selections from Kurtág’s Játékok as well as works by Schubert, Bach, and Schumann. She returns to Carnegie Hall on Saturday, May 17 at 7:30 p.m. to perform chamber music in Zankel Hall with pianist Llŷr Williams, clarinetist Martin Fröst, violinist Soovin Kim, and cellist Christian Poltéra. This program features Liszt’s La Lugubre gondola; Bartók’s Contrasts for Violin, Clarinet, and Piano; and Messiaen’s Quatuor pour la fin du temps. Complete program information is listed below. In conjunction with the May 9 recital by Ms. Uchida, Carnegie Hall salutes the Japan Society on the occasion of its Centennial.

Ms. Uchida is a founding Trustee of the Borletti-Buitoni Trust (BBT) and the other artists appearing in the May 17 chamber music concert have all received BBT Awards during the last five years. The BBT was established in 2002 to help young concert artists, in as flexible and innovative way as possible, to develop and sustain burgeoning international careers, providing continued support, not only in financial terms but also advice, help, and direction.

Pianist Mitsuko Uchida is renowned for her interpretations of Mozart and Schubert, both in the concert hall and on CD. She is also the foremost interpreter of the music of Berg, Schoenberg, Webern, and Boulez; her recording of Schoenberg’s Piano Concerto with Pierre Boulez and The Cleveland Orchestra won four awards, including the Gramophone Award for Best Concerto in 2001. Ms. Uchida was featured as a Carnegie Hall Perspectives artist over the course of the 2002–2003 and 2003–2004 seasons. She has served as Artist-in-Residence with The Cleveland Orchestra, where she directed all the Mozart concerti from the keyboard over a number of seasons. Ms. Uchida was recently featured in the Concertgebouw’s Carte Blanche series where she collaborated with Ian Bostridge, the Hagen Quartet, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and also directed a performance of Schönberg’s Pierrot Lunaire from the piano. Additional recent engagements include a series of “Signature” concerts marking the reopening of London’s Royal Festival Hall where she performed Mozart with Sir Charles Mackerras and the Philharmonia Orchestra.

Ms. Uchida’s engagements during the 2007–2008 season include recitals in Vienna, Amsterdam, Cologne, Rome, London, and New York. She performs with the London and Boston symphony orchestras with Sir Colin Davis; with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Ensemble Intercontemporain with Pierre Boulez; and with The Cleveland Orchestra with Franz Welser-Möst. She also plays/directs Mozart concerti from the keyboard with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, and, during the 2008–2009 season, she will be artist-in-residence with the Berliner Philharmoniker. Ms. Uchida records exclusively for Decca, and her recordings include the complete Mozart piano sonatas and piano concerti; the complete Schubert piano sonatas; Debussy’s Etudes; the five Beethoven piano concerti with Kurt Sanderling; a CD of Mozart sonatas for Violin and Piano with Mark Steinberg as well as Die Schöne Müllerin with Ian Bostridge for EMI. Most recently, she can be heard on a recording of Beethoven’s opus 101 and 106 (Hammerklavier) sonatas. Ms. Uchida has a long-standing commitment to the development of young musicians; in addition to her work with the Borletti-Buitoni Trust, she is co-director, with Richard Goode, of the Marlboro Music Festival.

Program Information

Friday, May 9 at 8:00 p.m.
Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage
Mitsuko Uchida, Piano

Carnegie Hall salutes Japan Society on the occasion of its Centennial.

FRANZ SCHUBERT Sonata in C Minor, D.958
GYÖRGY KURTÁG "Antiphone in F-Sharp Major" from Játékok, Book II
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH Contrapunctus No. 1, BWV 1080 from The Art of Fugue
GYÖRGY KURTÁG "Tumble-Bunny" from Játékok, Book III
GYÖRGY KURTÁG "Portrait 3" from Játékok, Book III
GYÖRGY KURTÁG "Dirge 2" from Játékok, Book III
GYÖRGY KURTÁG "Hommage à Christian Wolff" (Half-Asleep) from Játékok, Book III
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH Sarabande from French Suite No. 5 in G Major, BWV 816
GYÖRGY KURTÁG "Play with Infinity" from Játékok, Book III
ROBERT SCHUMANN Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13

Tickets: $32, $40, $53, $74, $97, $108

Saturday, May 17 at 7:30 p.m.
Zankel Hall
Mitsuko Uchida & Friends
Mitsuko Uchida, Piano
Llŷr Williams, Piano
Martin Fröst, Clarinet
Soovin Kim, Violin
Christian Poltéra, Cello

FRANZ LISZT La Lugubre gondola
BÉLA BARTÓK Contrasts for Violin, Clarinet, and Piano
OLIVIER MESSIAEN Quatuor pour la fin du temps

Tickets: $52, $68

Ticket Information
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For more information contact:

Justin Holden
Carnegie Hall
T: 212-903-9601
E: jholden@carnegiehall.org