Mitsuko Uchida
Mitsuko Uchida | |
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内田光子 | |
Born | Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan | 20 December 1948
Citizenship |
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Occupation(s) | Classical pianist, conductor |
Years active | 1972–present |
Title | Co-Artistic Director of the Marlboro Music School and Festival (with Jonathan Biss) |
Partner | Robert Cooper |
Website | www |
Dame Mitsuko Uchida,
She has appeared with many notable orchestras, recorded a wide repertory with several labels, won numerous awards and honours (including
Life and career
Born in
She was awarded tenth prize at the
In 1998 Uchida was the Music Director of the Ojai Music Festival in conjunction with conductor and violinist, David Zinman.
She is an acclaimed interpreter
Her 2009 recording of the
From 2002 to 2007 she was
Her 2015 performance with the Cleveland Orchestra elicited this review from the
Call it the mark of a master. Just when Mitsuko Uchida was starting to seem predictable, the goddess of purity, the pianist goes and exhibits another persona altogether. Performing Mozart again with the Cleveland Orchestra Thursday, the pianist-conductor treated listeners to a heartier, more robust version of her art. More than just the layout of the strings, she rearranged, in a refreshing manner, her very sound.[14]
Her 2022 recording of Beethoven's Diabelli Variations[15] was nominated for a Grammy for Best Classical Instrumental Solo[16] and won a Gramophone Piano Award.[17]
Honours and awards
- 1986: Suntory Music Award[18]
- 1989: Gramophone Award for Best Instrumental Recording, for her set of the complete Piano Sonatas of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart[19]
- 2001: Appointed Honorary Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2001 New Year Honours. At the time, the award was honorary because she was not yet a citizen of the United Kingdom.[20]
- 2001: Gramophone Award for Best Concerto Recording, for her recording of the piano concerto of Arnold Schoenberg (with Pierre Boulez conducting)[19]
- 2003: Uchida was elected an international member of the American Philosophical Society[21]
- 2008: In April, BBC Music Magazine presented her its awards for Instrumentalist of the Year, and Disc of the Year (Beethoven's Hammerklavier Sonata).[22]
- 2009: She was promoted to as she had become a British citizen.
- 2009: In June, she was awarded an honorary Doctor of Music (DMus) degree by the University of Oxford during Encaenia 2009.[25]
- 2011: K. 491 with the Cleveland Orchestra, which she conducted from the keyboard.
- 2012: in May, Uchida was awarded the Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal, one of the highest honours in classical music.[26]
- 2015: in January, Uchida was awarded the Mozarteum University of Salzburg[27]
- 2015: Praemium Imperiale, awarded by the imperial family of Japan[28]
- 2017: Best Classical Solo Vocal Album (as accompanist) with Dorothea Röschmann[29]
- 2022: Gramophone Classical Music Awards - Piano Category (Beethoven Diabelli Variations)[30]
References
- ^ a b "Mitsuko Uchida & Jonathan Biss, Artistic Directors". Marlboro Music Festival. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
- ^ "Mitsuko Uchida | Biography, Music, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ a b "Uchida, Mitsuko", Grove Music Online, 2007. Accessed 3 June 2007. (subscription required)
- ^ Immelman, Niel (13 April 2009). "Maria Curcio". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
- ^ "Maria Curcio". Telegraph.co.uk. 7 April 2009. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
- ^ "Mitsuko Uchida". queenelisabethcompetition.be (in French). Retrieved 18 March 2022.
- ^ "History – 16th International Beethoven Piano Competition Vienna". Archived from the original on 30 September 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
- ^ "Narodowy Instytut Fryderyka Chopina". Konkursy.nifc.pl. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
- ISBN 978 2 3505 5192 0.
- ^ Hunt, Brian, "Rekindling the very grandest of passions", The Daily Telegraph, 2 April 2001; accessed 22 September 2009.
- ^ "Mitsuko Uchida Wins Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (With Orchestra)". Grammy.com. 15 February 2011.
- ^ "Mitsuko Uchida – Reviews". Decca Classics.
- ^ "Borletti-Buitoni Trust: Making a Difference". Southbank Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
- ^ "Mitsuko Uchida treats Cleveland Orchestra crowd to bright, robust Mozart (review and gallery)". Cleveland.com. 10 April 2015. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
- ^ Uchida, Mitsuko; Beethoven, Ludwig van (2022). Diabelli Variations. New York: Decca. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- ^ "Grammy Awards 2023: The Full List of Nominees". The New York Times. The New York Times Company. 6 February 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- ^ "Gramophone Piano Award 2022". Gramophone. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- ^ "Suntory Music Award Awardees" (PDF). Suntory.com. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
- ^ a b "Artist". Gramophone.co.uk. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
- ^ "New Year Honours 2000 – Honorary appointments". Bbc.co.uk. 30 December 2000. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
- ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
- ^ "Mitsuko Uchida takes BBC's classical top spot" (Press release). Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- ^ "No. 59090". The London Gazette (Supplement). 13 June 2009. p. 7.
- ^ Honorary awards are specifically listed as such, and are not usually gazetted
- ^ "Oxford University Gazette, 5 February 2009". Archived from the original on 4 July 2009. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
- ^ "Pianist Mitsuko Uchida given classical honour". BBC News. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
- ^ Kriechbaum, Reinhard. "Einmal Gold, zweimal Silber". Drehpunktkultur.at. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
- ^ "Artists honored with Japan's Praemium Imperiale awards". Reuters.com (Press release). Reuters. 21 October 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
- ^ "Grammy Award winners 2017: Complete list". The Washington Post. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
- ^ "Gramophone Piano Award 2022". Retrieved 17 March 2024.
External links
- Official website
- Borletti-Buitoni Trust
- David Dubal interview with Mitsuko Uchida on YouTube, WNCN-FM, 1 December 1985
- Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major (Mitsuko Uchida, piano, Proms 2013) on YouTube
- Erica Jeal, 'Musical moments' (profile of Mitsuko Uchida), The Guardian, 25 February 2006. Accessed 1 February 2008.
- Allan Kozinn, 'A Keyboard Alchemist Exploring the Haze', New York Times, 29 April 2005. Accessed 1 February 2008.
- Transcript: 'Mitsuko Uchida', The Music Show, ABC (Australia), 1 July 2006. Accessed 1 February 2008.
- Andrew Lindemann Malone, 'From Pianist Uchida, Daring, Intense Mozart', The Washington Post, 17 November 2005, Page C02. Accessed 1 February 2008.