Kotaro Fukuma, piano

Japanese pianist Kotaro Fukuma dedicates his concert at Museum Villa Rot to a musical homage to Franz Liszt. In Japan he ranks among the most celebrated concert pianists; in 2003 he won the 1st Prize and the Chopin Prize at the International Piano Competition in Cleveland, and has since built a career spanning five continents.

In Germany he has appeared at the Rheingau Festival, at "Raritäten der Klaviermusik" in Husum, at the festival "Auf schwarzen und weißen Tasten" in Bremen, and at the Mosel Musikfestival. As a soloist he has performed at the Philharmonie Berlin, the Gewandhaus Leipzig, the Salle Gaveau in Paris, the Victoria Hall in Geneva, the Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing, and Suntory Hall in Tokyo. With orchestras including the Cleveland Orchestra, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, the Dresdner Philharmonie, and the NHK Symphony Orchestra Tokyo, he has worked with conductors such as François-Xavier Roth and Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos.

Programme:

Matthieu Stefanelli: LIVRE (2018), en hommage à Liszt (dedicated to Kotaro Fukuma)
Richard Wagner: From "Tristan und Isolde"
- "Vorspiel" (transcription by Kotaro Fukuma)
- "Isolde's Liebestod" (transcription by Franz Liszt)
Franz Liszt: Bénédiction de Dieu dans la Solitude
Franz Liszt: Les Années de Pèlerinage, deuxième année "Italie"