Kikuko Ogura
Kikuko's Next Concerts
21st October 2019
"Piano Inventor's Dream ~on the italian wind"
Talk and Concert
Domenico Scarlatti, Lodovico Maria Giustini, Johann Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Benedetto Marcello, Muzio Clementi, Ottorino Respighi, Claude Debussy
Kikuko Ogura (clavier & talk)
Instruments : Bartolomeo Cristofori, Tangentenflügel, Fazioli
21st October 2019, 19:00 open
Toyosu Civic Center Hall, Koto-ku, Tokyo
Tickets 3,500yen each, open seating
Organizer : Japan Piano Technicians Association
Ask to Japan Piano Technicians Association 03-3257-0440
7th December 2019
"Mozart's Clavier Concert" Series Final No.40
"L.v.Beethoven & W.A.Mozart"
L.v.Beethoven : Polonaise C major Op.89, Piano Concerto No.4 G major Op.58
W.A.Mozart : Rondo D major K.382, Piano Concerto No.20 D minor K.466
Kikuko Ogura (clavier) and The Periode Instruments Orchestra
Instrument : Johann Baptist Streicher 1845
7th December 2019, 14:00 open
Daiichi Seimei Hall, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
Tickets 4,000yen, 2,000yen for student, All seats reserved
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20th December 2019
Forte-Piano Sound of fascination
SaCLa Arts Friday One Coin Special Concert
Fortepiano : Kikuko Ogura, Violin : Sho Maruyama, Cello : Tomofumi Shimane
L.v.Beethoven, W.A.Mozart, C.M.v.Weber, F.Chopin, R.Schumann, Mendelssohn
Instruments : A.Walter (1795) & J.B.Streicher (1845)
20th December 2019
Saitama City Cultural Center Large Hall, Minami-ku, Saitama City, Saitama
Tickets 500yen, All seats reserved
Ask to SaCLA Information Center 048-866-4600
Profile
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
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 Location : 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