Kotaro Fukuma Piano Recital at the Wigmore Hall

Japanese Pianist Kotaro Fukuma won 1st Prize and the Chopin Prize at the 2003 Cleveland International Piano competition at the age of 20, and was a major prizewinner in Santander, Helsinki and Salt Lake City.

 

He has performed extensively in the USA and toured 9 countries in Europe, Asia and South Africa. All his commercial recordings (Schumann, Takemitsu, Albéniz, Recital Live, Liszt) have received critical praise.

 

Kotaro Fukuma is making a return visit to Wigmore Hall following his highly successful debut in June 2008.

 

Programme :
Robert Schumann (1810-1856) / Novelletten Op.21 No.1,2 and 8
Frederic Chopin (1810-1849) / Nocturne No.13 in C Minor Op.48-1,
Ballade No.4 in F Minor Op.52 
Franz Liszt (1811-1886) / Two Concert Etudes (1.Waldesrauschen, 2.Gnomenreigen), Etude de Perfectionnement („Ab Irato“), Grandes Etudes de Paganini (including „La Campanella“)

 

Admission: £20, £17, £14, £10