Mitsuko Uchida News

 
Magdalena Kozena/Mitsuko Uchida, Wigmore Hall, London
The Independent
But when she and the inspirational Mitsuko Uchida arrived at Messiaen's Poems pour Mi the plangency of Kozena's tone and metallic brilliance of Uchida's pianistic tintinabulations found a kinship that had eluded us all evening.
Magdalena Kožená/Mitsuko Uchida – reviewThe Guardian

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BBC News
Pianist Mitsuko Uchida given classical honour
BBC News
Pianist Dame Mitsuko Uchida is to receive the Royal Philharmonic Society (RPS) Gold Medal, one of the highest honours in classical music. Celebrated for her performances of Mozart and Schubert, she was described as a "peerless musician" by the RPS.
Classical Pianist Mitsuko Uchida to Receive Prestigious AwardFemaleFirst.co.uk

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Mitsuko Uchida receives RPS Gold Medal
Limelight Magazine
The Royal Philharmonic Society handed its most prestigious honour, the Gold Medal, to pianist Mitsuko Uchida. In a warm and self-deprecating speech at the award ceremony, the Japanese-born, now London-based, musician spoke of her career as a journey of ...


 
The Guardian (blog)
Royal Philharmonic Society honours Claudio Abbado, Maurizio Pollini
The Guardian (blog)
Another great pianist received the highest accolade of the Royal Philharmonic Society: Mitsuko Uchida, who was presented with the society's gold medal. At the awards ceremony at the Dorchester Hotel, London, the society saluted Uchida as "a peerless ...
Claudio Abbado awarded classical honourBBC News

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The Japan Times
Emperor hails strong ties with Britain
The Japan Times
When Japanese pianist Mitsuko Uchida, who won a Grammy award last year, asked the Emperor about his health following coronary bypass surgery in February, he said he was all right, according to Uchida. Maki Tsukada, a judoka who won gold at the 2004 ...
Emperor Akihito returns from trip to BritainThe Japan Daily Press

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The Proustian Solution
The Weekly Standard
An all-Mozart program was scheduled a few weeks ago by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, with Mitsuko Uchida, the foremost Mozart interpreter of our day, playing and conducting two Mozart concerti. Uchida was splendid, the CSO turned in its usual smooth ...


 
Summer CD releases help redefine 'classical'
Sacramento Bee
Included is pianist Mitsuko Uchida's definitive take on Debussy's 12 Etudes. To stand out these days, a string quartet has to write and perform music offering a sense of drama. The music must be as cinematic as it is aural. It is in this realm that the ...