Mari Kodama

Mari Kodama is an international pianist. She was born in Osaka, Japan and raised in Paris. She is known for her musicality and articulate virtuosity, playing a wide repertoire, powerfully yet elegantly.

Education

She studied piano at the Conservatoire National in Paris, under Germaine Mounier, and chamber music under Genevieve Joy-Dutilleux.

Performances

Kodama has performed throughout Europe, the United States and Japan. She is especially known for playing Mozart and Beethoven.

In 2002, she gave her final performance of the complete Beethoven piano sonata cycle, which she presented over three consecutive seasons in Los Angeles and Pasadena, California.

Kodama is a founding member of chamber music festivals in San Francisco, Sapporo, and Gmunden. She and her husband, conductor Kent Nagano, present Musical Days at Forest Hill, an unusual festival that among all her initiatives has most caught her interest.

Recordings

Kodama has recorded with the Naxos label, playing Beethoven Sonatas Nos. 21 (Waldstein), 23 (Appassionata) and 26 (Les Adieux). For the Dutch label PentaTone Classics she has also recorded Super Audio CD releases of music by Beethoven^[1] and, with her husband leading the Russian National Orchestra, piano concerti by Frederic Chopin and Carl Loewe.^[2]

Personal life

She played the Mozart Double Piano Concerto in Japan with her sister, Momo Kodama. She lives in Paris.

References

1. ^ Notes to PentaTone PTC 5186 067 (sonatas 1, 2, 3), PTC 5186 023 (sonatas 4, 8, 14), PTC 5186 063 (sonatas 16, 17, 18), and PTC 5186 024 (sonatas 21, 23, 26)
2. ^ Notes to PentaTone PTC 5186 026, released October 28, 2003

• Colbert Artists
• Bronson Piano Studio
• Kajimoto Music
• Mari Kodama Official Web Site

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