Historical
Piano Concerts Series
About
the Musicians
Reiko Uchida
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Pianist
Reiko Uchida is recognized as
one of the finest, most versatile pianists on the scene today. First
prize winner of the Joanna Hodges Piano Competition, Ms. Uchida has
appeared as a soloist with numerous orchestras, including the Los
Angeles Philharmonic, the Orchestra of the Curtis Institute, and the
Santa Fe Symphony, among others. Ms. Uchida made her New York solo
debut in 2001 at Carnegie's Weill Hall under the auspices of the Abby
Whiteside Foundation. She has performed solo and chamber music concerts
throughout the world, including the United States, Japan, France,
Italy, Germany, Russia, Finland, Bulgaria, and the Czech Republic, in
venues including Avery Fisher Hall, Alice Tully Hall, the 92nd Street
Y, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Kennedy Center, the White House,
and Suntory Hall in Tokyo. Her festival appearances include Spoleto,
Tanglewood, Santa Fe, Marlboro, and the Laurel Festival of the Arts.
As
a chamber musician, she was one of the first pianists selected for
Chamber Music Society Two, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln
Center's program for outstanding emerging artists. She has been a
recital partner for Jennifer Koh, David Shifrin, Jaime Laredo, and
Sharon Robinson, with whom she performed the complete works of
Beethoven for cello and piano. She has also collaborated with the
Borromeo and Tokyo String Quartets. She is a member of the Laurel Trio,
and the Moebius Ensemble, a group specializing in 20th century music in
residence at Columbia University.
Ms. Uchida holds a Bachelor's
degree from the Curtis Institute of Music, where she studied with
Claude Frank and Leon Fleisher, a Master's degree from the Mannes
College of Music, and an Artist Diploma from the Juilliard School. She
currently resides in New York City where she is an associate faculty
member at Columbia University.
We are pleased to welcome Reiko Uchida to her first appearance in the Historical Piano Concerts series.
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