Yuko Izuhara Gordon — Japan Concert 2009
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In conjunction with her upcoming international CD release Mosaic, pianist Yuko Izuhara Gordon will be giving a recital at Tokyo’s Lutheran Ichigaya Center, entitled “Dream and Passion – Storytelling on the Piano.” The program will feature the music of Schubert, Chopin and Beethoven, as well as selections from her upcoming CD. Selected works on the program will be introduced by the artist. Ms. Izuhara Gordon's debut CD release, Mosaic, will be available for sale at intermission and following the concert.
Friday, June 19th 2009, 7:00pm
Lutheran Ichigaya Center, Tokyo, Japan
Tickets: 3000yen
Program includes:
Ignacy Jan Paderewski: Menuett célèbre Op. 14 No.1
Franz Schubert: Impromptu in A-flat Major, D.935 Allegretto
Franz Schubert: Impromptu in B-flat Major, D.935 Andante
Franz Schubert: Impromptu in F Minor, D.935 Allegro Scherzando
Frederic Chopin: Ballade in A-flat Major Op.47 No.3
Frederic Chopin: Polonaise in A flat major, Op. 53 "Héroique"
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata Op.57 No.23 in F Minor “Appasionata”
Mosaic — Yuko Izuhara Gordon's Debut CD Release
Mosaic is the debut CD of pianist Yuko Izuhara Gordon. It draws on repertoire from 19th and 20th century piano music and an array of international compositional schools. The works represented on Ms. Izuhara Gordon’s CD look back at musical past, both in terms of musical forms and the compositional language itself.
Yuko Izuhara-Gordon performing Debussy's L’isle joyeuse (from the upcoming debut CD Mosaic)
Claude Debussy - L’isle joyeuse
Track Listing:
Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860-1941)
[1] Menuett célèbre, op. 14 no. 1 from Humoresques de concert
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
[2] L’isle joyeuse, L. 106
Federico Mompou (1893-1987)
[3-7] Suburbis
Robert Schumann [trans. Liszt] (1810-1856)
[8] Widmung, S. 566
Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983)
[9-12] Sonata No. 1, op. 22
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
[13] Etude-Tableau in D Major, op. 39 no. 9
[14] Elégie, op. 3 no. 1 from Morceaux de Fantaisie
Release Date: June 2009
About Yuko Izuhara Gordon
Pianist Yuko Izuhara-Gordon gave her New York debut at Alice Tully Hall with the Juilliard Symphony under the baton of Otto Werner Muller, which established her as one of today’s most accomplished young pianists. Ms. Izuhara-Gordon was honored with the prestigious NHK and Nomura awards. She is a first prize winner at the All-Japan National Student Competition, Toho Gakuen School of Music Concerto Competition, The Juilliard School Concerto Competition, as well as a third prize winner at the Città di Cantù International Piano Competition.
Ms. Izuhara-Gordon’s early studies were with her mother and later with Baruch Arnon, a professor at The Juilliard School. In Japan, she attended the Toho Gakuen School of Music as a student of Michiko Okamoto and Hidemitsu Hayashi. In 2002 and 2003 she was the sole recipient from Japan of a coveted education grant from the Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs. The grant fully funded Ms. Izuhara-Gordon’s studies at The Juilliard School where she received BM and MM degrees under the tutelage of Joseph Kalichstein and Yoheved Kaplinsky.
In addition to performing, she is on faculty at University of Pennsylvania and the Settlement Music School, where she teaches piano and chamber music. Ms. Izuhara-Gordon currently resides in Philadelphia with her husband and their dog Kiki.
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