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March 22, 2017Union to Host Legendary Pianist Mitsuko Uchida
Pianist Mitsuko Uchida performs on Monday, March 27 at 7:30p.m.
in Memorial Chapel.
The series is honored to welcome one of the leading pianists in the world for the first of a rare
two performances in one week. Mitsuko Uchida’s first program features Mozart’s Sonata in C
Major, K. 545, Schumann’s Kreisleriana, Op. 16 and Fantasy in C Major, Op. 17, and the East
Coast premiere of Sonatina facile, a new work by the German clarinetist/composer Jörg
Widmann.
Legendary pianist Mitsuko Uchida is renowned for her interpretations of Mozart, Schubert,
Schumann and Beethoven; she has also illuminated the music of Berg, Schoenberg, Webern and
Boulez. In 2016, she embarked on a close partnership with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra
directing Mozart concerti from the keyboard in extensive tours of major European venues and
Japan. Other highlights of last season include play-directing the Cleveland Orchestra in
performances at Severance Hall and Carnegie Hall.
Uchida records exclusively for Decca. Since 2011 she has been recording Mozart’s piano concerti
with the Cleveland Orchestra live in concert and directing from the piano. The first release won a
Grammy Award in 2011, followed by a disk featuring piano concerti K. 456 and K. 459 (August
2014). She has been artist-in-residence at the Cleveland Orchestra and at the Berlin Philharmonic,
the Vienna Konzerthaus, Salzburg Mozartwoche and Lucerne Festival. She is a trustee of the
Borletti-Buitoni Trust and artistic director of the Marlboro Music Festival.
Individual tickets are $30. All students are free. For information, call 518-388-6080 or visit
http://www.unioncollegeconcerts.org.
