Kikuko Ogura
Kikuko's Next Concerts
8th July 2020
Chopin, his favorites Pianos
F.Chopin, J.N.Hummel, F.Kalkbrenner, F.Liszt, J.Field
Kikuko Ogura (clavier) and The Periode Instruments String Players
Instruments : J.B.Streicher, Ignace Pleyel & Companie and Sebastian Erard
8th July 2020 19:00 open
Hokutopia, Kitaku Tokyo
Tickets 3,800yen, 1,800yen for young, All seats reserved
25th October 2020
Beethoven und Streicher
L.v.Beethoven : Piano Sonata No.30 in E major Op.109, Piano Sonata No.31 in A flat major Op.110, Piano Sonata No.32 in C minor Op.111
Kikuko Ogura (clavier)
Instrument : Johann Baptist Streicher 1845
25th October 2020 15:00 open
Kyoto Concert Hall Ensemble Hall Murata, Sakyouku Kyoto
Tickets 3,000yen, 1,500yen for young, All seats reserved
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Kikuko Ogura was born in Iwate, Japan. She graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts and also completed graduate studies there. She furthered her studies at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, graduating with cum laude honors. She has performed in numerous programs presented by concert halls as well as at music festivals and on NHK's Classic Club, Pia no pia, Meikyoku tantei Amadeus and La la la classic, and she also serves as an instructor on NHK's Culture radio geijutsu no miryoku - Mozart ga deatta ongakukatachi. Her recordings and concerts presented by the Hamamatsu Museum of Musical Instruments are also highly acclaimed. She has released over 40 CDs, many of which have been selected for recommendation or best disc by newspapers such as the Asahi Shimbun, Mainichi Shimbun and Yomiuri Shimbun and magazines such as Record Geijutsu. Her written works include Karaa zukai piano no rekishi (Kawade Shobo Shinsha), and she has co-authored and supervised the development of numerous other works. She has served as a part-time instructor in the Tokyo University of the Arts Department of Early Music since 2004. She is the producer of Fortepiano Academy Sacla. She is currently engaged in performances for her Mozart's Clavier Room concert series.
Major Awards
1989 First Prize - 3rd Japan Mozart Music Competition (piano)
1993 First Prize - Bruges International Early Music Competition (ensemble)
1995 First Prize and Audience Prize - Bruges International Early Music Competition (fortepiano)
2013 Grand Prize - 2012 (67th) Agency for Cultural Affairs National Arts Festival Awards (recordings)
2018 2017 (30th) Music Pen Club Awards - Classical Music (solo performance)
2018 2018 (48th) JXTG Music Awards (Western Classical Music Promotion Division)
Kikuko's Discs
Bach
Sonaten und Partiten für Violine solo
mit Klavierbegleitung von Schumann und Mendelssohn
Takeshi Kiriyama (violin), Kikuko Ogura (fortepiano)
aus der Partien - mit Klavierbegleitung von Mendelssohn (1840)
Preludio aus Partita Nr.3 E-Dur BWV1006, Chaconne aus der Partita Nr.2 d-moll BWV1004
Sonaten - mit Klavierbegleitung von Schumann (1853)
Sonata Nr.1 g-moll BWV1001, Sonata Nr.2 a-moll BWV1003, Sonata Nr.3 C-Dur BWV1005
Partiten - mit Klavierbegleitung von Schumann (1853)
Partita Nr.1 h-moll BWV1002, Partiten Nr.2 d-moll BWV1004, Partiten Nr.3 E-Dur BWV1006
Instrument : Johann Baptist Streicher, in Wien. 1845
Recording Date : Coppice Miyoshi, June 2019
ALM Records ALCD-9204, 9205
Piano Concertos by J.C.Bach and W.A.Mozart
Concert Series "Kikukos Zimmer mit Mozarts Klavier" the 30th Anniversary Concert <Live>
Kikuko Ogura and The Chamber Orchestra on Period Instruments
W.A.Mozart : Klavierkonzert B-Dur K.450, Klavierkonzert B-Dur K.595
J.C.Bach : Klavierkonzert D-Dur Op.13-2
Instrument : Anton Walter 1795 model (Chris Maene 1995)
Recording Location : The Dai-ichi Seimei Hall. 3 November 2017 [Live Concert Recording]
ALM Records ALCD-1176
L'Arlesienne : OEuvres pour piano de Bizet jouées au piano Pleyel
Kikuko Ogura, Piano
G.Bizet : Chants du Rhin, Chasse Fantastique en mi bémol majeur, Nocturne en fa majeur Op.2, Nocturne en ré majeur, Variations Chromatiques en do mineur, L'Arlesienne (Réduction pour piano par le compositeur, extraits)
Instrument : Pleyel 1848
Recording Date : Kirari Fujimi, June 2017
ALM Records ALCD-1169
Sternbild
Kikuko Ogura, Piano
Clara Schumann : Praludium und Fuge B-Dur Op.16-2, Variationen über ein Thema von Robert Schumann Op.20
Robert Schumann : Kreisleriana Op.16, Fantasie C-Dur Op.17
Instrument : Johann Baptist Streicher 1845
Recording Date : November 2014
ALM Records ALCD-1153
Vienna, the Land of the Clavier Mozart & Hummel on two Walter Pianos
Hamamatsu Museum of Musical Instruments, Collection Series 54
Kikuko Ogura (fotepiano), Natsumi Wakamatsu (Violine und Viola), Yoshiko Morita (Viola), Schuhei Takezawa (Violoncello), Masahiro Komuro (Kontrabass), Kanae Kikuchi (flöte), Masamitsu San'nomiya (Oboe), Satoshi Tsukada (Horn)
W.A.Mozart : Sonate für Klavier und Violine A-Dur K.526, Sonate für Klavier D-Dur K.576, Quartett für Klavier, Violine und Violoncello g-Moll K.478
J.N.Hummel : Sonate für Klavier f-Moll Op.20, Sonate für Violine und Klavier D-Dur Op.50, Grosses Septett für Flöte, Oboe, Horn, Viola, Violoncello, Kontrabass und Klavier d-Moll Op.74
Instruments : Anton Walter 1795 model (Chris Maene 1995), Walter & Son 1808~10
Recording Date : September & October 2014
LMCD-2041,2042
[sample] https://youtu.be/D-j0FwKtQK8
Beauriful Upright Pianos : Delight of Duet
Hamamatsu Museum of Musical Instruments, Collection Series 53
Kikuko Ogura, Miho Haga (Upright Piano)
C.Debussy : Petite suite pour piano à quatre mains
G.Fauré : Dolly pour piano à quatre mains Op.56
T.Nadarzewska-Baranowska : La prière d'nue vierge
F.Poulenc : Sonate pour piano à quatre mains
J.Français : 15 portraits d'enfants d'Auguste Renoir pour piano à quatre mains
J.F.F.Burgmüller : Des 25 Etudes faciles et progressives Op.100
M.Ravel : Ma mère l'oye
Instruments : Erard c.1822 Paris, Gilson c.1860 Paris, Erard c.1880 Paris, Giraffe Piano 19c NewYork
Recording Date : April 2014
LMCD-2032
[sample] https://youtu.be/VmuKr3fu6yw
Delight of English Home Music on Square Piano
Hamamatsu Museum of Musical Instruments, Collection Series 52
Kikuko Ogura (square piano), Takeshi Kiriyama (violin), Yukari Nonoshita (soprano)
J.Haydn : Green sleeves, The Mermaid's Song, Auld lang syne,
Sonata for Clavier B major Hob.16:41
M.Clementi : Though no mines are abounding, If sighing could recal the years,
Sonata for Clavier G major
J.C.Bach : Sonata for Clavier G major Op.5-3
W.A.Mozart : Abendempfindung an Laura,
Sonata for Clavier and Violin F major K.13, 12 Variations of the thema "Ah, vous dirai-je maman"
Instrument : Square Piano, Thomas Laud c1805 London
Recording Date : December 2013
LMCD-2029
Brahms & Waldhorn, Late Romantic Era in Germany
Hamamatsu Museum of Musical Instruments, Collection Series 48
Kikuko Ogura (fortepiano), Takeshi Kiriyama (violin), Satoshi Tsukada (natural horn)
J.Brahms :
Sonate für Violine und Klavier G-dur Op.78
Vier Klavirstücke Op.119
Trio für Violine, Horn und Klavier Es-dur Op.40
Instrument : Grotorian-Steinweg 1885-1890 Braunschweig Germany
Recording Date : May 2013
LMCD-1995
HINDEMITH
Violin and Viola Sonatas Op.11
Takeshi Kiriyama (violin), Kikuko Ogura (fortepiano)
Paul Hindemith :
Sonate in Es für Violine und Klavier op.11-1
Sonate für Bratsche allein op.11-5
Sonate für Bratsche und Klavier op.11-4
Kleine Sonate für Viola d'amore und Klavier op.25-2
Sonate in g für Violine allein op.11-6
Sonate in D für Violine und Klavier op.11-2
Instrument : C. Bechstein 1913 Berlin
Live Recording : October 2013
MM-22173-74 (2CD)
Les Rondos
la lumière de Mozart
Kikuko Ogura (fortepiano)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart :
Sonate D-dur KV311 (284c)
Rondo D-dur KV485
Sonate a-moll KV310 (300d)
Rondo a-moll KV511
Sonate A-dur KV331 (300i) "mit demo Türkischen Marsch"
Instrument : Chris Maene after Anton Walter (1795)
Recording Date : March 2013
ALCD-1142
Beethoven : Complete Works for Violoncello and Piano 1
Hamamatsu Museum of Musical Instruments, Collection Series 45
Kaoru Hanazaki (violoncello), Kikuko Ogura (fortepiano)
L.v.Beethoven :
Sonate für Violoncello und Klavier F-dur Nr.1 Op.5-1
Sonate für Violoncello und Klavier g-moll Nr.2 Op.5-2
Zwölf Variationen für Klavier und Violoncello über ein Thema aus Händels Oratorium "Judas Maccabäus" G-dur WoO45
Zwölf Variationen für Klavier und Violoncello über das Thema "Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen" aus Mozarts Oper "Die Zauberflöte" F-dur WoO66
Sieben Variationen für Klavier und Violoncello über ein Thema "Bei Männer, welche Liebe fühlen" aus Mozarts Oper "Die Zauberflöte" Es-dur WoO46
Sonate für Klavier und Horn F-dur Op.17 in der Fassung für Klavier und Violoncello
Instrument : Walter & Son 1808-1810 Wien
Recording Date : September 2012
LMCD-1973,1974
Beethoven : Complete Works for Violoncello and Piano 2
Hamamatsu Museum of Musical Instruments, Collection Series 46
Kaoru Hanazaki (violoncello), Kikuko Ogura (fortepiano)
L.v.Beethoven :
Sonate für Violoncello und Klavier A-dur Nr.3 Op.69
Sonate für Violoncello und Klavier C-dur Nr.4 Op.102-1
Sonate für Violoncello und Klavier D-dur Nr.5 Op.102-2
Instrument : Walter & Son 1808-1810 Wien
Recording Date : September 2012
LMCD-1975
English Sonata on Broadwood Piano
Hamamatsu Museum of Musical Instruments, Collection Series 38
Kikuko Ogura (fortepiano)
J.L.Dussek : Sonata in B-flat major Op.23
J.Haydn : English Sonata in C major Hob.16:50
J.Field : Sonata in E-flat major Op.1-1
M.Clementi : Sonata in B minor Op.40-2
L.v.Beethoven : Sonata in C major Op.53 <Waldstein>
Instrument : John Broadwood & Son c1802 London
Recording Date : July 2011
LMCD-1960
Chopin, Piano Concerto No.2 on Pleyel Piano and Sing Quintet
Hamamatsu Museum of Musical Instruments, Collection Series 35
Kikuko Ogura (fortepiano), Takeshi Kiriyama (violin), Masayoshi Fujimura (violin), Satoki Nagaoka (viola), Kaoru Hanazaki (violoncello), Masahiro Komuro (contrabass)
F.F.Chopin :
"Grande Valse Brillante" in A flat major, op.34-1
"Mazurka" in A minor, op.17-4
"Ballade" No.3 in A flat major, op.47
"Lento con gran espressione" (Nocturne) in C sharp minor, op. posth.
"Barcarolle" in F sharp minor, op.60
Piano Concerto No.2 in F minor, op.21 with string quintet accompaniment, based on the first German edition
Instrument : Ignace J. Pleyel 1830 Paris
Recording Date : October, November 2010
LMCD-1942
La Valse ~The Splendid Art of Duo Piano~
Hamamatsu Museum of Musical Instruments, Collection Series 31
Kikuko Ogura (fortepiano), Takashi Sato (fortepiano)
E.Chablier : Trois valses romantiques
C.Debussy : Lindaraja
C.Chaminade : Duo symphonique
M.Ravel : La valse
D.Milhaud : Scaramouche
J.Françaix : Huit danse exotiques
F.Poulenc : Élegie
Instrument : duo piano Pleyel 1925 Paris
Recording Date : February 2010
LMCD-1926