Mitsuko Uchida
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| Birth name | Mitsuko Uchida |
| Born | December 20, 1948  Tokyo, Japan |
| Genre(s) | Classical |
| Occupation(s) | musician |
| Instrument(s) | Piano |
| Years active | 1973-present |
| Label(s) | Philips |
| Website | Mitsuko Uchida |
Mitsuko Uchida (内田光子 Uchida Mitsuko?) (born December 20, 1948) is a classical pianist.
[edit] Career
Born in Atami, a seaside town close to Tokyo, Japan, Uchida moved to Vienna, Austria when she was twelve years old with her diplomat parents after her father was named the Japanese ambassador to Austria. She enrolled at the Vienna Academy of Music to study with Richard Hauser, and later Wilhelm Kempff and Stefan Askenase.[1], and remained in Vienna to study after her father was transferred back to Japan after five years. She gave her first Viennese recital at the age of 14 at the Vienna Musikverein.
In 1969 she won the first prize in the Beethoven Competition in Vienna and in 1970 the second prize in the Chopin Competition. Then, in 1975, she won second prize in the Leeds Piano Competition.[1]
She is an acclaimed interpreter of the works of Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Debussy and Schoenberg. She has recorded all of Mozart's piano sonatas (a project that won the Gramophone Award), and concerti, the latter with the English Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Jeffrey Tate. She is further noted for her recordings of Beethoven's complete piano concerti with Kurt Sanderling conducting, of Beethoven's late piano sonatas and of a Schubert piano cycle. Her recording of the Debussy Etudes won another Gramophone Award, and so did her recording of the Schoenberg piano concerto. (She is distinguished as an interpreter of the works of the Second Viennese School.)
She is an Artistic Director of the Marlboro Music School and Festival, along with fellow pianist Richard Goode. She is also a trustee of the Borletti-Buitoni Trust, an organization established to help young artists develop and sustain international careers.[2]
Uchida currently resides in London, with partner Robert Cooper, a British diplomat.
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Uchida, Mitsuko", Grove Music Online, 2007. Accessed June 3, 2007.
- ^ "About Us", Marlboro Music School and Festival Official Website, 2007. Accessed June 3, 2007.
Further sources
- Erica Jeal, 'Musical moments' (profile of Mitsuko Uchida), The Guardian, February 25, 2006. Accessed 1 February 2008.
- Allan Kozinn, 'A Keyboard Alchemist Exploring the Haze', New York Times, April 29, 2005. Accessed 1 February 2008.
- Transcript: 'Mitsuko Uchida', The Music Show, ABC (Australia), July 1, 2006. Accessed 1 February 2008.
- Andrew Lindemann Malone, 'From Pianist Uchida, Daring, Intense Mozart', The Washington Post, November 17, 2005, Page C02. Accessed 1 February 2008.
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